OVEREXPLAINING Synonyms

• determine the essential quality of

• give a definition for the meaning of a word

• determine the nature of

• show the form or outline of

• decide upon or fix definitely

• give an exhibition of to an interested audience

• establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

• provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

• march in protest; take part in a demonstration

• give a description of

• to give an account or representation of in words

• make a mark or lines on a surface

• identify as in botany or biology, for example

• an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

• a small part that can be considered separately from the whole

• extended treatment of particulars

• a crew of workers selected for a particular task

• a temporary military unit

• provide details for

• assign to a specific task

• marked by complexity and richness of detail

• developed or executed with care and in minute detail

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

• produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product

• make more complex, intricate, or richer

• work out in detail

• make clear and (more) comprehensible

• make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

• make plain and comprehensible

• elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

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

• state

• 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

• make explicit; specify in detail

• spell fully and without abbreviating

• orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of