Definition for Explanation:

• Explanatery.

Synonyms for Explanation:

• n.

  •
  • principle,
  • talking,
  • explication,
  • telling,
  • display,
  • specification,
  • showing,
  • theory,
  • writing,
  • recital,
  • confession,
  • clarification.
  •
  • exegesis,
  • proof,
  • example,
  • reason,
  • criticism,
  • note,
  • narrative,
  • summary,
  • tale,
  • information,
  • brief,
  • breakdown.
  •
  • explain.
  •account (noun)
  • history.
  •answer (noun)
  • counterclaim,
  • riposte,
  • response,
  • echo,
  • countercharge,
  • excuse,
  • surrebuttal,
  • return,
  • acknowledgment,
  • rebuttal,
  • counter-statement,
  • rejoinder,
  • replication,
  • reply,
  • counter-accusation,
  • comeback,
  • retort,
  • counter-reply.
  •clarification; reason (noun)
  • motive,
  • rendition,
  • sense,
  • story,
  • vindication,
  • report,
  • resolution,
  • mitigation,
  • details,
  • significance.
  •interpretation (noun)
  • condensation,
  • facsimile,
  • decoding,
  • Paraphrasing,
  • rephrasing,
  • decipherment,
  • version,
  • analysis.
  •introduction (noun)
  • preface.
  •meaning (noun)
  • denotation,
  • semantics,
  • point,
  • drift,
  • tenor,
  • gist,
  • subject,
  • relevance,
  • connotation,
  • implication,
  • upshot,
  • intent,
  • message,
  • pith,
  • topic,
  • crux,
  • purpose,
  • thrust.
  •plea (noun)
  • entreaty,
  • appeal,
  • petition,
  • suit.
  •response (noun)
  • denial,
  • reaction,
  • refutation,
  • objection,
  • defense.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • enlightenment,
  • interpretative,
  • rationalization,
  • explanatory,
  • interpretive,
  • notes,
  • annotation.
  •
  • expression.
  •
  • illumination,
  • construction.
  •Other relevant words:
  • delineation,
  • postulate,
  • apologue,
  • pretense,
  • discovery,
  • animadversion,
  • signification,
  • clearing,
  • guide,
  • idea,
  • Ascertainment,
  • Scholium,
  • score,
  • result,
  • editing,
  • case in point,
  • ground,
  • logic,
  • clear,
  • critique,
  • parable,
  • witness to,
  • clue,
  • type,
  • disentanglement,
  • disclosure,
  • accomplishment,
  • demythologization,
  • palliation,
  • pattern,
  • sorting out,
  • end result,
  • mark,
  • untie,
  • comprehension,
  • hear,
  • end,
  • expounding,
  • insight,
  • rational,
  • reasoning,
  • instance,
  • revelation,
  • figuring out,
  • reference,
  • pretext,
  • untangling,
  • rationalisation,
  • theoria,
  • break down,
  • symbol,
  • red herring,
  • separate,
  • divide,
  • in other words,
  • reveal,
  • expository,
  • Deciphering,
  • disseminate,
  • emblem,
  • account statement,
  • realize,
  • dispel,
  • Marginalia,
  • Theoric,
  • song,
  • rebutter,
  • evasion,
  • emendation,
  • write up,
  • purging,
  • distribute,
  • solving,
  • pretence,
  • cover,
  • namely,
  • extinct,
  • foundation,
  • resolve,
  • prototype,
  • abstraction,
  • finding,
  • disperse,
  • working,
  • untwisting,
  • lecture,
  • ruse,
  • purgation,
  • surrebutter,
  • show,
  • clearance,
  • unweaving,
  • emancipate,
  • reason why,
  • eisegesis,
  • unraveling,
  • interpret,
  • Allegorization,
  • philosophy,
  • decipher,
  • catch,
  • sermon,
  • arguments,
  • accounting,
  • invoice,
  • investigation,
  • wit,
  • cue,
  • expansion,
  • exculpation,
  • see,
  • discussion,
  • restoration,
  • lesson,
  • observation,
  • condonation,
  • inquiry,
  • rewriting,
  • construe,
  • unravelling,
  • loosen,
  • consideration,
  • typical example,
  • record,
  • Significancy,
  • preachment,
  • support,
  • unfasten,
  • Id Est,
  • wherefore,
  • videlicet,
  • chronicle,
  • rewording,
  • outcome,
  • working out,
  • solve,
  • denouement,
  • learn,
  • speculation,
  • advocacy,
  • illustrate,
  • theoretic,
  • Riddling,
  • comprehend,
  • Theoretics,
  • unscrambling,
  • bill,
  • reinstatement,
  • exponent,
  • prevarication,
  • presentation,
  • rehabilitation,
  • relevant instance,
  • news report,
  • unravel,
  • unriddling,
  • slaked,
  • reasons,
  • understand,
  • clarify,
  • determination,
  • unfold,
  • spread,
  • representative,
  • representation,
  • indicator,
  • resolving,
  • business relationship,
  • memoir,
  • case,
  • why,
  • Euhemerism,
  • finding out,
  • surrejoinder,
  • premises,
  • cracking,
  • undo,
  • discourse,
  • understanding,
  • expose,
  • defence,
  • rewrite,
  • unlocking,
  • issue,
  • chalk talk,
  • grounds,
  • legend,
  • exemplar,
  • object lesson,
  • argument,
  • theorization,
  • demo.

Paraphrases for Explanation:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    explication.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    interpretation, interpretations, clarification, justification, justifications.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    exposition, interpretation, clarification, definition, justification, misinterpretation.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    annotations, observations, specifics, particulars, Explained, centres, Economies, Explaining, statement, statements, explanatory, reason, reasons, explains, description, descriptions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    DASS, motivation, specification, argument, assertion, statement, information, illustration, explanatory, clarity, precision, outline, briefing, annotation, proclamation, pronouncement, enlightenment, exhibition, debriefing, affirmation, reason, suggestion, description.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    rationale, explain, declaration, declarations.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    elucidation, elaboration, presentation, excuse, reasoning, rationale, explain, declaration, narrative, motive, answer, announcement, reply.
  • Verb, base form
    explain.

Antonyms for Explanation:

• n.

  • clarification; reason
    concealment, question, ignorance, vagueness, quiet, hiding, silence, complication.

Homophones for Explanation:

• explanandum.

Hypernym for Explanation:

• n.

  • cognition
    key, principle, rationalization, rendition, theory, rationale, rationalisation, interpreting, interpretation, rendering.
  • communication
    derivation, etymologizing, elucidation, justification, deriving, simplification, exposition, accounting, definition, explication, gloss, rubric, walk-through, interpretation, reason.

Hyponym for Explanation:

• n.

  • cognition
    intellection, cerebration, thinking, thought, thought process, mentation.
  • communication
    statement, speech act.

Meronym for Explanation:

• n.

  • cognition
    basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone.
  • communication
    explicandum, explanans, explanandum.