EXPOUND Synonyms

• make clear and (more) comprehensible

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

• make plain and comprehensible

• define

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• make plain and comprehensible

• elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

• clarify by giving an example of

• depict with an illustration

• supply with illustrations

• 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

• state

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• make explicit; specify in detail

• spell fully and without abbreviating

• orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of

• become wider

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• make larger

• make large

• become larger or bigger

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• extend in one or more directions

• become larger in size or volume or quantity

• make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity

• grow vigorously

• exaggerate or make bigger

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• expand the influence of

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• make fat or plump

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• become round, plump, or shapely

• state

• depart for someplace