Synonyms for Ex-plaining:

• n.

  •defense (noun)
  • Excusing,
  • Explaining,
  • apology,
  • return,
  • rationalization,
  • reply,
  • apologia,
  • story,
  • Apologizing,
  • song and dance,
  • exoneration,
  • retort,
  • off-time,
  • response,
  • plea,
  • cleanup,
  • exculpation,
  • argument,
  • rejoinder,
  • answer,
  • vindication,
  • whitewash,
  • extenuation,
  • copout,
  • jive,
  • fish story,
  • apologetics.

• v.

  •account for (verb)
  • explain.
  •annotate (verb)
  • note,
  • remark,
  • footnote,
  • comment,
  • commentate,
  • gloss.
  •answer (verb)
  • back at you,
  • contest,
  • back talk,
  • say,
  • answer back,
  • rebut,
  • retaliate,
  • parry,
  • talk back,
  • echo,
  • comeback,
  • top,
  • disprove,
  • respond,
  • field the question,
  • get back to,
  • defend,
  • give a snappy comeback,
  • squelch,
  • refute,
  • rejoin,
  • shoot back,
  • claim,
  • get back at,
  • dispute,
  • acknowledge,
  • settle,
  • deny,
  • counterclaim,
  • argue,
  • sass,
  • be in touch,
  • feedback,
  • plead.
  •answer for (verb)
  • pay for,
  • take the blame for,
  • atone for,
  • accept the responsibility for,
  • be responsible for.
  •argue (verb)
  • appeal,
  • maintain,
  • controvert,
  • assert,
  • hold,
  • suggest,
  • prevail upon,
  • denote,
  • exhibit,
  • warrant,
  • show,
  • display,
  • imply,
  • talk into,
  • testify,
  • persuade,
  • evince,
  • reason,
  • attest,
  • establish,
  • contend,
  • vindicate,
  • present,
  • indicate,
  • witness.
  •brief (verb)
  • tip off,
  • initiate,
  • enlighten,
  • show the lay of the land,
  • summarize,
  • give rundown,
  • fill in,
  • instruct,
  • recapitulate,
  • show the ropes,
  • apprise,
  • orient,
  • edify,
  • prepare,
  • let in on,
  • prime,
  • give the lowdown,
  • epitomize,
  • abridge,
  • advise,
  • inform,
  • update.
  •clear (verb)
  • defog,
  • relieve,
  • Disculpate,
  • absolve,
  • acquit,
  • let go,
  • set free,
  • find innocent,
  • exonerate,
  • exculpate,
  • let off the hook,
  • discharge,
  • let off,
  • emancipate,
  • release.
  •clear the air (verb)
  • simplify.
  •come clean (verb)
  • make clean breast,
  • confess all,
  • implicate oneself,
  • acknowledge information,
  • confess,
  • own up,
  • admit,
  • spill,
  • incriminate oneself.
  •comment (verb)
  • interject,
  • animadvert,
  • notice,
  • state,
  • opine,
  • criticize,
  • pronounce,
  • pass on,
  • express,
  • mention,
  • observe,
  • affirm,
  • interpose,
  • conclude,
  • reflect,
  • touch upon.
  •confirm (verb)
  • give high sign,
  • make good,
  • certify,
  • okay,
  • corroborate,
  • bless,
  • circumstantiate,
  • debunk,
  • sign,
  • lap up,
  • sanction,
  • underpin,
  • vouch,
  • thumbs up,
  • support,
  • authenticate,
  • verify,
  • approve,
  • bear out,
  • give the nod,
  • check out,
  • check,
  • endorse,
  • double-check,
  • sign off on,
  • give the go-ahead,
  • back,
  • subscribe,
  • give stamp of approval,
  • rubber-stamp,
  • substantiate,
  • give green light,
  • uphold,
  • make sure,
  • buy,
  • size up.
  •decipher (verb)
  • make clear,
  • puzzle out,
  • disentangle,
  • deduce,
  • find the key,
  • make out,
  • break,
  • Unriddle,
  • decode,
  • encipher,
  • dope out,
  • crack,
  • spell,
  • cipher.
  •defend (verb)
  • advocate,
  • stand up for,
  • champion,
  • aid,
  • stonewall,
  • bear one out,
  • thump for,
  • cover for,
  • second,
  • ride shotgun for,
  • go to bat for,
  • espouse,
  • sustain,
  • come to defense of,
  • prove a case,
  • stick up for,
  • recommend,
  • apologize for,
  • back up,
  • guarantee,
  • befriend,
  • put in a good word,
  • speak up for,
  • stand by,
  • say in defense.
  •define (verb)
  • tag,
  • detail,
  • assign,
  • denominate,
  • ascertain,
  • name,
  • nail it down,
  • etch,
  • delineate,
  • decide,
  • characterize,
  • formalize,
  • entitle,
  • call a spade a spade,
  • exemplify,
  • label,
  • determine,
  • specify,
  • designate,
  • dub,
  • prescribe,
  • lay it out,
  • represent.
  •develop (verb)
  • unroll,
  • unfurl,
  • evolve,
  • untwist,
  • form,
  • acquire,
  • uncoil,
  • reach,
  • actualize,
  • foretell,
  • materialize,
  • uncover,
  • recount,
  • realize,
  • elaborate,
  • unwind,
  • produce.
  •discourse (verb)
  • chew,
  • lecture,
  • debate,
  • confab,
  • expand,
  • talk,
  • give a meeting,
  • declaim,
  • enlarge,
  • hold forth,
  • sermonize,
  • descant,
  • expatiate,
  • treat,
  • voice,
  • modulate,
  • dissertate,
  • perorate,
  • confer,
  • develop,
  • converse,
  • Dissert,
  • orate,
  • harangue,
  • dilate upon.
  •discuss (verb)
  • figure,
  • thrash out,
  • jaw,
  • deliberate,
  • go into,
  • hash over,
  • consult with,
  • take up,
  • kick about,
  • discourse about,
  • bounce off,
  • put heads together,
  • moot,
  • exchange views on,
  • knock around,
  • canvass,
  • weigh,
  • get together,
  • reason about,
  • altercate,
  • ventilate,
  • groupthink,
  • compare notes,
  • review,
  • consider,
  • confabulate,
  • toss around,
  • Discept,
  • examine,
  • sift.
  •educate (verb)
  • exercise,
  • coach,
  • train,
  • mature,
  • brief,
  • indoctrinate,
  • improve,
  • put through the grind,
  • drill,
  • cultivate,
  • discipline,
  • school,
  • rear,
  • tutor,
  • brainwash,
  • drum into,
  • foster,
  • put hip,
  • nurture,
  • civilize.
  •elaborate (verb)
  • particularize,
  • enhance,
  • garnish,
  • amplify,
  • bedeck,
  • discuss,
  • flesh out,
  • polish,
  • devise,
  • decorate,
  • work out,
  • complicate,
  • ornament,
  • deck,
  • embellish.
  •exculpate (verb)
  • remit,
  • free,
  • wipe slate clean,
  • pardon,
  • dismiss,
  • clear,
  • condone,
  • amnesty.
  •excuse (verb)
  • grant amnesty,
  • plead ignorance,
  • exempt,
  • tolerate,
  • purge,
  • shrive,
  • cover,
  • bear with,
  • give absolution,
  • wink at,
  • mitigate,
  • spare,
  • take rap for,
  • shrug off,
  • pretext,
  • forgive,
  • liberate,
  • extenuate,
  • reprieve,
  • alibi,
  • make allowances for,
  • dispense from,
  • overlook,
  • indulge,
  • pass over,
  • exempt from,
  • appease.
  •explain (verb)
  • go into detail,
  • elucidate,
  • define,
  • diagram,
  • get across,
  • explicate,
  • manifest,
  • bring out,
  • throw light upon,
  • describe,
  • paraphrase,
  • point out,
  • put in plain English,
  • resolve,
  • unravel,
  • break down,
  • read,
  • rationalize,
  • unfold,
  • expound,
  • set right,
  • construe,
  • tell,
  • annotate,
  • interpret,
  • clarify,
  • analyze,
  • disclose,
  • render,
  • solve,
  • reveal,
  • translate,
  • put across,
  • teach,
  • excuse,
  • make plain,
  • illustrate,
  • justify,
  • demonstrate,
  • refine,
  • decipher,
  • clear up,
  • account for,
  • spell out,
  • untangle.
  •explicate (verb)
  • make explicit,
  • run down,
  • enucleate,
  • enlarge upon,
  • dilate,
  • tell why,
  • give the big picture.
  •expound (verb)
  • discourse,
  • set forth.
  •gloss (verb)
  • whiten,
  • disguise,
  • cover up,
  • veil,
  • veneer,
  • mask,
  • varnish,
  • palliate,
  • belie,
  • doctor,
  • white,
  • soft-pedal,
  • sugarcoat,
  • hide,
  • falsify,
  • misrepresent,
  • camouflage,
  • smooth over,
  • deacon.
  •illume (verb)
  • lighten,
  • light,
  • illumine.
  •illuminate (verb)
  • give insight,
  • finish,
  • dramatize,
  • perfect,
  • better,
  • uplight,
  • shed light on.
  •illustrate (verb)
  • Emblematize,
  • symbolize,
  • imitate,
  • bring home,
  • Ostend,
  • mirror,
  • depict,
  • personify,
  • instance,
  • portray,
  • vivify,
  • picture,
  • highlight,
  • show and tell,
  • spotlight,
  • mark,
  • draw a picture,
  • lay out,
  • typify,
  • embody,
  • proclaim,
  • evidence,
  • emphasize,
  • allegorize,
  • limelight,
  • expose,
  • get over,
  • point up,
  • illuminate.
  •interpret (verb)
  • view,
  • play,
  • take,
  • adapt,
  • enact,
  • mimic,
  • reenact,
  • make of,
  • limn,
  • improvise,
  • throw light on,
  • gather,
  • understand,
  • image,
  • perform.
  •justify (verb)
  • show cause,
  • do justice to,
  • be answerable for,
  • answer for,
  • confirm,
  • square,
  • argue for,
  • speak in favor,
  • legalize,
  • favor,
  • cop a plea,
  • countenance,
  • make allowances,
  • crawl,
  • validate.
  •prove (verb)
  • make evident,
  • declare,
  • show clearly,
  • try,
  • turn out,
  • find,
  • trial,
  • pan out,
  • add up,
  • document,
  • have a case,
  • show once and for all,
  • test,
  • experiment,
  • end up,
  • fix,
  • assay,
  • result,
  • convince.
  •read (verb)
  • speak,
  • register,
  • utter,
  • restate,
  • record,
  • deliver,
  • recite,
  • announce.
  •recite (verb)
  • give a report,
  • convey,
  • give an account,
  • report,
  • retell,
  • parrot,
  • repeat,
  • reel off,
  • address,
  • enumerate,
  • soliloquize,
  • give verbal account,
  • relate,
  • itemize,
  • impart,
  • quote,
  • chant,
  • rehearse,
  • communicate.
  •record (verb)
  • contain,
  • point to.
  •refine (verb)
  • smooth,
  • round,
  • hone,
  • sleek,
  • elevate,
  • temper,
  • slick.
  •reveal (verb)
  • notify,
  • betray,
  • let on,
  • give away,
  • divulge,
  • bring out into open,
  • bring to light,
  • break the news,
  • let fall,
  • publish,
  • make known,
  • come out with,
  • get out of system,
  • give the low-down,
  • give out,
  • broadcast,
  • let slip,
  • avow,
  • let cat out of the bag,
  • make public,
  • put cards on table,
  • let out,
  • concede,
  • leak.
  •show (verb)
  • loom,
  • discover,
  • be visible,
  • show up,
  • arrive,
  • prove,
  • project,
  • testify to,
  • get in,
  • emerge,
  • get,
  • blow in,
  • unveil,
  • make the scene,
  • appear,
  • put in appearance,
  • point,
  • show one's face,
  • turn up,
  • come.
  •simplify (verb)
  • get to the meat,
  • reduce,
  • disinvolve,
  • make perfectly clear,
  • clean it up,
  • let daylight in,
  • get down to basics,
  • shorten,
  • break it down,
  • put one straight,
  • clean up,
  • streamline,
  • cut down,
  • unscramble,
  • hit the high spots,
  • put in a nutshell,
  • let sunlight in,
  • facilitate,
  • boil down,
  • chasten,
  • order,
  • cut the frills.
  •solve (verb)
  • put two and two together,
  • find out,
  • get to the bottom,
  • HIT,
  • hit upon,
  • puzzle,
  • DO,
  • unlock,
  • divine,
  • have,
  • get right,
  • make a dent,
  • deal with,
  • lick,
  • iron out,
  • think out,
  • fathom,
  • work,
  • figure out.
  •state (verb)
  • enounce,
  • articulate,
  • narrate,
  • vent,
  • propound,
  • aver,
  • spiel,
  • put,
  • chime in,
  • give,
  • pitch,
  • air,
  • enunciate,
  • asseverate,
  • throw out,
  • give blow-by-blow.
  •teach (verb)
  • give the facts,
  • fit,
  • improve mind,
  • pound into,
  • give instruction,
  • implant,
  • break in,
  • polish up,
  • catechize,
  • ground,
  • give lessons,
  • open eyes,
  • sharpen,
  • imbue,
  • guide,
  • inculcate,
  • cram,
  • profess,
  • direct.
  •tell (verb)
  • enjoin,
  • call upon,
  • clue in,
  • put before,
  • keep posted,
  • open up,
  • require,
  • lay open,
  • level,
  • authorize,
  • summon,
  • spit it out,
  • bid,
  • command,
  • leave word,
  • acquaint,
  • let know,
  • give facts.
  •treat (verb)
  • manipulate,
  • tackle,
  • talk about,
  • consult,
  • study,
  • speak about,
  • think,
  • arrange,
  • write about,
  • approach,
  • discourse on.
  •understand (verb)
  • recognize,
  • take in,
  • accept,
  • conceive,
  • savvy,
  • identify with,
  • follow,
  • know,
  • get the picture,
  • perceive,
  • learn,
  • catch on,
  • have knowledge of,
  • be aware,
  • see,
  • get the hang of,
  • master,
  • get the idea,
  • make sense of,
  • get the point,
  • distinguish,
  • seize,
  • discern,
  • apprehend,
  • sense,
  • possess,
  • take meaning,
  • be with it,
  • penetrate,
  • infer,
  • catch,
  • sympathize,
  • be conscious of,
  • ken,
  • grasp.
  •unravel (verb)
  • sort out.
  •untangle (verb)
  • unweave,
  • put in order,
  • extricate,
  • disembroil,
  • disencumber,
  • unsnarl.
  •warrant (verb)
  • stand behind,
  • vouch for,
  • commission,
  • sponsor,
  • permit,
  • privilege,
  • call for,
  • swear,
  • vow,
  • stipulate,
  • guaranty,
  • secure,
  • take an oath,
  • promise,
  • necessitate,
  • demand,
  • ensure,
  • delegate,
  • pledge,
  • assure,
  • undertake,
  • underwrite,
  • insure,
  • empower,
  • license,
  • give grounds for,
  • avouch.

Antonyms for Ex-plaining:

• n.

  • defense
    surrender, flight, indictment, yielding, capitulation, desertion, betrayal, charge, request.

• v.

  • answer
    prove, ignore, renounce, leave, deny, allow, ask, agree.
  • argue
    cover, disclaim, harmonize, comply, desert, keep silent, keep quiet, abstain, overlook, abandon, stop.
  • brief
    neglect, secret.
  • clear
    find guilty, hold, clutter, sentence, convict, blame, incriminate, accuse, imprison, run into, pile up, HIT, condemn.
  • comment
    miss, refrain.
  • confirm
    repudiate, reject, destroy, veto, disallow, annul, refuse, disprove, cancel, disagree, disapprove, refute, oppose, invalidate, contradict, void, discredit.
  • decipher
    scramble, suppress, fix, code, encode, mend.
  • defend
    relinquish, protest, forsake, punish, attack, resign, quit.
  • define
    hesitate, twist.
  • develop
    repress, halt, lose, cease, circumscribe, end, lessen, ruin, discontinue, decrease, wind, compress, narrow, confine, fail.
  • discourse
    abridge, lower, be quiet, go along, shrink.
  • discuss
    give in, give up.
  • educate
    learn.
  • elaborate
    worsen, harm, deface, damage, make simple, dirty, block, reduce, curtail, diminish, simplify, spoil, hurt, condense.
  • exculpate
    maintain, incarcerate, damn, keep, hire, employ, engage, censure.
  • excuse
    restrain, irritate, incite, limit, aggravate, reveal, prevent.
  • explain
    withhold, tangle, confuse, wonder, hide, cloud, question, mystify, complicate, distort, misrepresent, stagnate, perplex, obscure, conceal, be vague, misunderstand.
  • expound
    mix up.
  • gloss
    uncover, expose, explain, misinform, clear up, open, strip, dull, unmask, show.
  • illuminate
    darken, involve.
  • illustrate
    save.
  • interpret
    misinterpret, disbelieve, direct.
  • prove
    theorize, disavow, assist, help, aid, unsettle, hypothesize.
  • read
    write.
  • recite
    take.
  • refine
    upset, agitate, pollute, corrupt.
  • reveal
    secrete, dissent, dispute.
  • show
    leave alone, depart, go, disappear.
  • simplify
    make difficult, increase, grow.
  • solve
    put off, defer, search, pose.
  • state
    listen, mumble.
  • teach
    mislead.
  • tell
    deceive, guess, estimate, figure, keep secret.
  • treat
    approve, injure, disregard, forget, praise.
  • understand
    not get, be ignorant, mistake, free, let go, release.
  • unfold
    wrap, fold, check.
  • unravel
    knot, tie.
  • untangle
    entangle.
  • warrant
    Unauthorize, break, retract, discourage.