Synonyms for interpret
All synonyms
Verb
1. Construe — to decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act…
understand, construe, translate, read, explain, decipher, elucidate, take, expound formal, see, solve, consider, illustrate, unravel, appraise, regard, comment, spell out, unfold, riddle, unriddle, uncipher dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.
Related words
- Word family
- interpretable interpretation interpreter
Forms
- Past participle
- interpreted
e.g. interpreted → construed, translated, explained, deciphered…
Example sentences
- explain Explain to him the difficult situation you are in.
- translate I translate sentences on Tatoeba in my spare time.
- decipher Investigators are trying to decipher what happened.
- construe They usefully managed to construe an efficient work ethic.
- represent How much does industry represent in Algeria's GDP?
- define "Why can't you just be normal?" "Define 'normal'."
By length
- 3 letters
- see1
- 4 letters
- take1, read1, rede
- 5 letters
- solve1
- 6 letters
- regard2, define2, render2, unfold2, riddle2
- 7 letters
- explain2, comment2, unravel3, expound2
- 8 letters
- consider3, decipher3, appraise2, construe2, unriddle, uncipher
- 9 letters
- represent3, translate2, elucidate4
- 10 letters
- understand3, illustrate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (regard2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- interpréter
- Italiano
- interpretare
- Español
- interpretar
- Deutsch
- dolmetschen
- Català
- interpretar