Synonyms for clarify
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Explain
explain, elucidate, enlighten, clear, clear up, illuminate, account for, illustrate
2. Settle — to make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity
settle, get straight, bring home, particularize, particularise UK, explicitize, straighten out
Definitions
- v. 1
To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
Please clarify what you mean by this.
- v. 2
To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
What's the best way to clarify cooking oil?
Related words
- Word family
- clarification
Forms
- Past participle
- clarified
e.g. clarified → explained, elucidated, enlightened, clear'd…
Example sentences
- explain Explain to him the difficult situation you are in.
- illuminate The sun started to come out and illuminate the sky.
- enlighten The ray of wisdom must enlighten new horizons.
By length
- 4 letters
- fine1
- 5 letters
- clear1, purge1
- 6 letters
- settle2, filter2, strain1, refine2, purify3
- 7 letters
- explain2, upsolve
- 8 letters
- depurate
- 9 letters
- enlighten3, elucidate4
- 10 letters
- illustrate3, illuminate4, devagueify
- 11 letters
- explicitize
- 13 letters
- particularize, particularise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (settle2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- clarifier
- Italiano
- chiarificare
- Español
- clarificar
- Deutsch
- klären
- Català
- clarificar