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Synonyms for spell it out

  • verb

Most common

explain explicate spell things out

All synonyms

Verb

1. Explain — to provide a simple and understandable explanation

explain, explicate

Other

spell things out, rub it in informal

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To provide a simple and understandable explanation.

    I'm sorry but I can't spell it out for you, because the whole issue is not that simple.

Example sentences

  • explain Explain to him the difficult situation you are in.
  • explicate It took the length of a novella to fully explicate the theory in Toki Pona.

By length

7 letters
explain2
9 letters
explicate3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (explain2 = 2 syllables).