Synonyms for account for

Most common

account · kill · explain · clarify · elucidate · explicate

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Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.

   I don't have to account for anything to you.

Example sentences

• account This is the sort of thing you have to account for.
• kill He tried to kill himself because he lost her love.
• explain Explain to him the difficult situation you are in.
• clarify Mary's analysis will help to clarify the problem.
• explicate It took the length of a novella to fully explicate the theory in Toki Pona.

By length

4 letters

kill¹

7 letters

account², explain², clarify³, expound²

9 letters

elucidate⁴, explicate³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (account² = 2 syllables).