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EXPLICATES Synonyms

There are 7 synonyms of the word explicates. (exact relations)
There are 16 hypernyms of the word explicates. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for EXPLICATES

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clarifies
verbv
verb

• make clear and (more) comprehensible

• make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating

elucidates
verbv
verb

• make clear and (more) comprehensible

• make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

illustrates
verbv
verb

• clarify by giving an example of

• depict with an illustration

• supply with illustrations

interprets
verbv
verb

• make sense of; assign a meaning to

• give an interpretation or explanation to

• give an interpretation or rendition of

• create an image or likeness of

• restate (words) from one language into another language

• make sense of a language

develop
verbv
verb

• make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation

• work out

• gain through experience

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• change the use of and make available or usable

• elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

• create by training and teaching

• be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest

• grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment

• become technologically advanced

• cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development

• generate gradually

• grow emotionally or mature

• make visible by means of chemical solutions

• superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry

• move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions

• move into a strategically more advantageous position

• elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme

• happen

• expand in the form of a series

explain
verbv
verb

• make plain and comprehensible

• define

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

formulate
verbv
verb

• elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

• come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

• put into words or an expression

• prepare according to a formula

Best Hypernyms For EXPLICATES

Here is a list of related hypernyms for explicates, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (16)
conjecture hypothecate hypothesise hypothesize inform speculate suppose theorise theorize clarifies deciphers elucidates explains illustrates reveals uncovers

Alternatives for CLARIFIES

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