What is another word for construe?
670 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ kənstɹˈuː], [ kənstɹˈuː], [ k_ə_n_s_t_ɹ_ˈuː]Table of Contents
Similar words for construe:- explain (noun)
- annotate (verb)
- cognition (verb)
- comment (verb)
- decipher (verb)
- deduce; explain (verb)
- define (verb)
- describe (verb)
- explain (verb)
- explicate (verb)
- expound (verb)
- illuminate (verb)
- infer (verb)
- read (verb)
- render (verb)
- solve (verb)
- translate (verb)
- other synonyms
- interpret
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Construe:
n.
•explain (noun)v.
•annotate (verb) •cognition (verb) •comment (verb)- dis close,
- inter posed,
- dis-closed,
- touches up on,
- ex pressing,
- ex press,
- touched upon,
- dis closed,
- dis-close,
- inter-posed,
- touching up on,
- inter posing,
- touched up on,
- ex presses,
- dis-closing,
- ex-presses,
- dis closing,
- ex pressed,
- inter-pose,
- dis closes,
- inter-posing,
- inter pose,
- touch up on,
- ex-press,
- touching upon,
- ex-pressing,
- touches upon,
- dis-closes.
- de-coding,
- un-ravelling,
- puzzles out,
- de-ciphered,
- doped out,
- dis entangled,
- de coded,
- un ravels,
- de coding,
- found the key,
- un riddles,
- un folds,
- un-fold,
- de code,
- un folding,
- de-coded,
- de ciphered,
- dis-entangles,
- un riddle,
- un riddling,
- de-code,
- finding the key,
- breaks down,
- puzzling out,
- un raveled,
- dis-entangled,
- dis entangles,
- un-riddled,
- un folded,
- puzzled out,
- finds the key,
- un-riddle,
- finding key,
- de-cipher,
- un-ravels,
- un fold,
- makes clear,
- brake down,
- de-codes,
- de-duces,
- dis entangling,
- de-ciphers,
- un ravelled,
- un-folded,
- re-veals,
- de codes,
- de ciphers,
- un-folding,
- unriddles,
- un-raveling,
- un-ravelled,
- de duces,
- dopes out,
- dis entangle,
- found key,
- un-raveled,
- dis-entangle,
- de cipher,
- de-duce,
- un-folds,
- un-ravel,
- finds key,
- unriddled,
- un raveling,
- un riddled,
- broke down,
- un-riddling,
- un ravel,
- un-riddles,
- re-veal,
- un ravelling,
- re veals,
- de ciphering,
- de-ciphering,
- doping out,
- dis-entangling,
- find key,
- de duce.
- pre-scribes,
- de noting,
- de lineate,
- de-nominated,
- de lineated,
- nailing down,
- de nominated,
- de nominate,
- pre scribes,
- lays it out,
- de-nominating,
- re presents,
- calling a spade spade,
- calls spade a spade,
- called spade a spade,
- pre scribing,
- de tail,
- de tails,
- re-presents,
- Re-present,
- de tailing,
- laid it out,
- called spade spade,
- de nominates,
- de fining,
- de-nominates,
- call a spade spade,
- pre-scribe,
- de note,
- called a spade spade,
- de-fined,
- nailing it down,
- laying it out,
- de-tailed,
- de-fines,
- pre-scribed,
- calls a spade spade,
- calls spade spade,
- de noted,
- de-noted,
- de-tails,
- de-tailing,
- de-lineate,
- calling spade spade,
- re present,
- call spade a spade,
- re presented,
- de nominating,
- nails down,
- re presenting,
- de-lineated,
- de-fine,
- pre scribe,
- called a spade a spade,
- re-presented,
- call spade spade,
- de fined,
- de fines,
- de-nominate,
- calls a spade a spade,
- nails it down,
- de-tail,
- de notes,
- de-fining,
- re-presenting,
- de tailed,
- de-noting,
- de-note,
- de-notes,
- de fine,
- nailed it down,
- pre-scribing.
- re-ported,
- de-picts,
- re-lated,
- writ up,
- conveyed image,
- conveying image,
- de-scribe,
- re-porting,
- de-scribing,
- de pict,
- out lined,
- de scribe,
- re cites,
- re cited,
- re citing,
- out-lines,
- makes vivid,
- re-cites,
- marks out,
- re-counted,
- out line,
- writes up,
- making sense of,
- de-scribed,
- re-cited,
- out lining,
- re-counts,
- out-line,
- re-hearse,
- de scribed,
- out-lining,
- re late,
- re counting,
- conveys image,
- makes apparent,
- re hearse,
- out lines,
- re cite,
- made vivid,
- made apparent,
- re-counting,
- re ported,
- de-scribes,
- re-hearses,
- marked out,
- makes sense of,
- making vivid,
- de scribes,
- wrote up,
- making apparent,
- re-citing,
- out-lined,
- re-cite,
- de scribing,
- re counts,
- re counted,
- writing up,
- re hearses,
- de picts,
- de-pict,
- made sense of,
- re porting.
- re fine,
- para phrasing,
- para phrase,
- goes into detail,
- going in to detail,
- makes plain,
- para-phrasing,
- ex plaining,
- re fined,
- ex-plain,
- re-solving,
- re-solve,
- ex-plaining,
- ex-plains,
- putting across,
- para phrases,
- re-fine,
- re fines,
- putting plain english,
- re-fines,
- re solves,
- throwing light upon,
- went into detail,
- re-solves,
- going into detail,
- ex plained,
- un tangling,
- goes in to detail,
- re-fining,
- puts in plain english,
- para-phrases,
- un-tangles,
- threw light upon,
- para phrased,
- un tangles,
- puts across,
- throws light upon,
- threw light up on,
- un tangle,
- made plain,
- throwing light up on,
- un-tangled,
- throw light up on,
- put plain english,
- ex plains,
- putting in plain english,
- sets right,
- ex plain,
- throws light up on,
- re solve,
- un-tangle,
- making plain,
- un-tangling,
- went in to detail,
- ex-plained,
- para-phrased,
- para-phrase,
- un tangled,
- puts plain english,
- re-solved,
- go in to detail.
- enlarges up on,
- ex plicate,
- Enucleating,
- telling why,
- ex plicates,
- gives big picture,
- ex plicated,
- enlarging up on,
- enlarge up on,
- ex-plicating,
- ex-plicates,
- giving big picture,
- give big picture,
- making explicit,
- enlarging upon,
- gave the big picture,
- ex plicating,
- giving the big picture,
- gives the big picture,
- tells why,
- enlarged upon,
- enucleates,
- ex-plicated,
- makes explicit,
- told why,
- enlarged up on,
- gave big picture,
- made explicit,
- ex-plicate,
- enlarges upon.
- dis-course,
- ex-pounding,
- dis coursing,
- dis courses,
- pre-sent,
- ex pounds,
- dis coursed,
- ex-pounded,
- dis-courses,
- sets forth,
- ex pound,
- ex-pound,
- dis-coursed,
- ex pounded,
- ex-pounds,
- ex pounding,
- dis course,
- dis-coursing,
- pre sent,
- pre-sents.
- up-lights,
- uplighting,
- up light,
- sheds light on,
- giving insight,
- shedding light on,
- uplighted,
- up-light,
- up-lighted,
- up-lighting,
- up lighting,
- gives insight,
- up lights,
- gave insight,
- up lighted.
- under stood,
- reads in to,
- pre suppose,
- reads between lines,
- drew inference,
- reads into,
- de-rives,
- drawing inference,
- be lieve,
- read in to,
- de-rive,
- under stands,
- in-duce,
- pre supposing,
- reached conclusion,
- de rive,
- sur mises,
- figures out,
- reading between lines,
- under-stood,
- under standing,
- in duces,
- pre-supposed,
- pre-supposing,
- under stand,
- reaches conclusion,
- de-rived,
- reaching conclusion,
- pre-supposes,
- pre supposes,
- under-stands,
- in-duces,
- in duce,
- pre supposed,
- pre-suppose,
- arrives at,
- sur-mises,
- reading in to,
- be-lieve,
- sur mise,
- draws inference,
- reading into,
- under-standing,
- de riving,
- sur-mise,
- de rives,
- de-riving,
- de rived.
- burying in,
- dis covering,
- buried oneself in,
- scratches surface,
- dis-cover,
- leafs through,
- dis covers,
- dip in to,
- buries in,
- flipping through,
- flipped through,
- pores over,
- leafing through,
- scratched the surface,
- dis cover,
- leafed through,
- dis-covered,
- refers to,
- pored over,
- scratches the surface,
- bury in,
- dis covered,
- dis-covers,
- scratched surface,
- scratching surface,
- buries oneself in,
- flips through,
- scratch surface,
- dis-covering,
- burying oneself in.
- trans-literate,
- de-livered,
- trans posed,
- re worded,
- re stating,
- re-words,
- de liver,
- re state,
- re-wording,
- re states,
- re wording,
- trans-pose,
- de-livering,
- de-liver,
- trans-literates,
- re-worded,
- re-producing,
- trans-posing,
- trans literates,
- trans literate,
- re produced,
- de livered,
- re words,
- re produces,
- de-livers,
- re-states,
- re-produces,
- re-produce,
- re-produced,
- re-state,
- re-stating,
- de livers,
- de livering,
- re word,
- re-word,
- trans pose,
- re stated,
- re producing,
- re-stated.
- un lock,
- thinks out,
- making dent,
- un locks,
- gat to the bottom,
- making a dent,
- un-locking,
- made a dent,
- hitting up on,
- got bottom,
- gotten right,
- un locking,
- hits up on,
- getting to bottom,
- gat bottom,
- gets bottom,
- un locked,
- got right,
- putting two and two together,
- putting two two together,
- gets to bottom,
- un-lock,
- gets to the bottom,
- makes dent,
- un-locked,
- put two two together,
- hit up on,
- getting bottom,
- makes a dent,
- hitting upon,
- gets the bottom,
- make dent,
- un-locks,
- puts two and two together,
- get the bottom,
- get to bottom,
- get bottom,
- gat to bottom,
- gat the bottom,
- gotten to the bottom,
- gotten to bottom,
- gotten the bottom,
- gets right,
- getting the bottom,
- got to bottom,
- getting to the bottom,
- gat right,
- gotten bottom,
- getting right,
- got the bottom,
- hits upon,
- got to the bottom,
- puts two two together,
- made dent.
- metaphrasing,
- did in to,
- doth in to,
- dost into,
- does into,
- meta phrasing,
- did into,
- doest in to,
- doing into,
- meta phrases,
- meta-phrase,
- meta phrased,
- meta-phrasing,
- doing in to,
- trans late,
- metaphrases,
- do in to,
- didst in to,
- doest into,
- meta-phrased,
- trans lated,
- doth into,
- didst into,
- trans-lated,
- Metaphrased,
- does in to,
- doeth in to,
- doeth into,
- trans-late,
- meta phrase,
- dost in to,
- meta-phrases.
Other synonyms:
•interpret •Other relevant words:- come across,
- hear,
- consider,
- project,
- fit,
- look,
- ensure,
- see to it,
- image,
- assume from,
- undergo,
- fancy,
- escort,
- converge,
- visualise,
- seem,
- come together,
- demystify,
- clarify,
- attend,
- witness,
- decide,
- accept,
- run across,
- go through,
- ran into,
- date,
- think,
- put into plain English,
- conclude,
- visit,
- take care,
- reckon,
- allegorize,
- insure,
- deduce,
- experience,
- visualize,
- descent,
- take-in,
- examine,
- analyse,
- enlighten,
- meet,
- clear up,
- regard,
- observe,
- simplify,
- determine,
- ascertain,
- conceive of,
- clear,
- encounter,
- elucidate,
- assure,
- annotate,
- view,
- illustrate,
- go steady,
- envision,
- get a line,
- figure it to be,
- watch,
- Rede,
- find out,
- control,
- check,
- get wind,
- realise,
- get word,
- represent,
- discover,
- demonstrate.
Paraphrases for Construe:
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Antonyms for Construe:
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v.
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deduce; explain
confuse, obscure, cloud, misunderstand, fail.
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deduce; explain
Homophones for Construe:
- chess master, Chicken Cacciatora, canecutter, cincture, consider, conning tower, cow-nosed ray, china aster, Cosa Nostra, connecter, canister, commixture, cunctator, communicatory, common scoter, connector, consistory, chemistry, conjecture, chicken cacciatore, conquistador, chain store, Chinese Wistaria, canoe cedar, communicator, cannister.
Hypernym for Construe:
v.
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cognition
be amiss, misconceive, scan, literalise, allegorize, draw out, literalize, extract, reinterpret, read, educe, allegorise, mythicize, spiritualise, spiritualize, mythicise, misapprehend, take, misinterpret, elicit, misunderstand, evoke, misconstrue, read between the lines.
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cognition
Hyponym for Construe:
v.
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cognition
understand.
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cognition