Synonyms for Expound:

• n.

  •
  • run-through,
  • lay out.
  •
  • express,
  • delineate.
  •
  • put into plain English.

• v.

  •annotate (verb)
  • note,
  • footnote.
  •answer (verb)
  • echo,
  • acknowledge,
  • counter,
  • rebut,
  • return,
  • countercharge,
  • counter-accuse,
  • respond,
  • counter-reply,
  • answer,
  • come back,
  • counterclaim,
  • retort,
  • counter-state,
  • reply.
  •comment (verb)
  • notice,
  • point out,
  • affirm,
  • disclose,
  • assert,
  • conclude,
  • bring out,
  • reflect,
  • pronounce,
  • say,
  • criticize,
  • observe.
  •construe (verb)
  • render,
  • analyze,
  • infer,
  • understand,
  • one's best guess,
  • parse,
  • translate,
  • figure it to be,
  • take.
  •decipher (verb)
  • disentangle,
  • break,
  • unravel,
  • cipher,
  • reveal,
  • decode,
  • make out,
  • deduce,
  • spell,
  • crack.
  •define (verb)
  • designate,
  • dub,
  • decide,
  • determine,
  • denote,
  • specify,
  • entitle,
  • detail,
  • prescribe,
  • denominate,
  • label,
  • characterize,
  • name,
  • tag,
  • ascertain,
  • represent,
  • assign.
  •describe (verb)
  • narrate,
  • impart,
  • outline,
  • portray,
  • transmit,
  • depict,
  • relate,
  • trace,
  • distinguish,
  • image,
  • epitomize,
  • draw,
  • sketch,
  • communicate,
  • picture,
  • recount,
  • report,
  • particularize,
  • chronicle,
  • limn,
  • call,
  • tell,
  • term,
  • rehearse,
  • paint,
  • recite.
  •dilate (verb)
  • distend,
  • amplify,
  • prolong,
  • augment,
  • increase,
  • broaden,
  • extend,
  • develop,
  • lengthen,
  • swell.
  •discourse (verb)
  • dissertate,
  • declaim,
  • treat,
  • argue,
  • harangue,
  • Dissert,
  • give a meeting,
  • descant,
  • sermonize,
  • perorate,
  • confab,
  • voice,
  • talk,
  • hold forth,
  • confer,
  • orate,
  • dilate upon,
  • dispute,
  • converse,
  • debate,
  • modulate.
  •elucidate (verb)
  • made perfectly clear,
  • draws picture,
  • making see daylight,
  • made plain,
  • made see daylight,
  • sheds light on,
  • throws light on,
  • drew a picture,
  • making perfectly clear,
  • makes see daylight,
  • draw picture,
  • shedding light on,
  • making plain,
  • threw light on,
  • drawing a picture,
  • makes plain,
  • throwing light on,
  • drew picture,
  • drawing picture,
  • draws a picture,
  • makes perfectly clear.
  •explain (verb)
  • ex-plains,
  • ex plain,
  • puts plain english,
  • re solves,
  • throws light up on,
  • puts in plain english,
  • un tangle,
  • re-solves,
  • para-phrases,
  • threw light up on,
  • sets right,
  • para-phrased,
  • ex-plained,
  • para phrases,
  • puts across,
  • para phrased,
  • para phrasing,
  • going into detail,
  • putting across,
  • put plain english,
  • un tangles,
  • ex-plaining,
  • un-tangles,
  • ex plaining,
  • throwing light upon,
  • un-tangling,
  • throw light up on,
  • going in to detail,
  • go in to detail,
  • re-solve,
  • re-solved,
  • un tangling,
  • para-phrasing,
  • putting plain english,
  • un-tangle,
  • un tangled,
  • goes in to detail,
  • para-phrase,
  • throws light upon,
  • putting in plain english,
  • ex-plain,
  • goes into detail,
  • re-solving,
  • para phrase,
  • went into detail,
  • ex plains,
  • throwing light up on,
  • un-tangled,
  • went in to detail,
  • re solve,
  • ex plained,
  • threw light upon.
  •explicate (verb)
  • give big picture,
  • ex-plicating,
  • ex plicates,
  • ex-plicates,
  • told why,
  • enlarges up on,
  • gives big picture,
  • making explicit,
  • enlarge up on,
  • telling why,
  • gave the big picture,
  • giving big picture,
  • gave big picture,
  • ex-plicate,
  • made explicit,
  • enlarging up on,
  • ex plicated,
  • enlarges upon,
  • enlarging upon,
  • enlarged up on,
  • ex plicate,
  • giving the big picture,
  • enucleates,
  • ex-plicated,
  • tells why,
  • gives the big picture,
  • ex plicating,
  • Enucleating,
  • makes explicit,
  • enlarged upon.
  •expound (verb)
  • unfold,
  • exemplify.
  •illuminate (verb)
  • up lighting,
  • up-lighted,
  • up-lighting,
  • up lighted,
  • up lights,
  • up-light,
  • gives insight,
  • up-lights,
  • up light,
  • uplighting,
  • gave insight,
  • uplighted,
  • giving insight.
  •illustrate (verb)
  • in-stances,
  • showing tell,
  • ex posed,
  • ex-posing,
  • in-stance,
  • bringing home,
  • limelighting,
  • show tell,
  • ex-posed,
  • in stance,
  • ostended,
  • points up,
  • shows tell,
  • limelighted,
  • showed and tell,
  • ex pose,
  • showing and tell,
  • pointed up,
  • in stances,
  • brought home,
  • emblematizes,
  • ostending,
  • ex-pose,
  • ostends,
  • showed tell,
  • shows and tell,
  • gotten over.
  •interpret (verb)
  • makes of,
  • re-enacting,
  • reenacts,
  • re enacting,
  • re enacted,
  • re-enacted,
  • re enact,
  • re enacts.
  •lecture (verb)
  • gets on a soapbox,
  • gives talk,
  • de livering,
  • giving a talk,
  • got on soapbox,
  • gotten on soapbox,
  • gotten soapbox,
  • gets a soapbox,
  • getting on soapbox,
  • giving talk,
  • got soapbox,
  • get a soapbox,
  • getting soapbox,
  • gat a soapbox,
  • de-livering,
  • de-liver,
  • gat on a soapbox,
  • de livered,
  • gat on soapbox,
  • de-livered,
  • gets soapbox,
  • de liver,
  • getting a soapbox,
  • gat soapbox,
  • gotten a soapbox,
  • got a soapbox,
  • got on a soapbox,
  • get soapbox,
  • de livers,
  • gives a talk,
  • gets on soapbox,
  • getting on a soapbox,
  • de-livers,
  • gotten on a soapbox,
  • gave a talk,
  • gave talk.
  •orate (verb)
  • grand-standing,
  • grand stand,
  • grand standing,
  • pre aching,
  • pre-ached,
  • grand stands,
  • pre ached,
  • pre-aching,
  • grand-stands.
  •present (verb)
  • doing the honors,
  • rolls out,
  • opening to view,
  • made pitch,
  • pro position,
  • did the honors,
  • giving introduction,
  • dost the honors,
  • doest honors,
  • dis plays,
  • dis-play,
  • pro-positioning,
  • pre-sents,
  • pro-positioned,
  • pre-sent,
  • makes known,
  • makes a pitch,
  • de clares,
  • does honors,
  • doeth the honors,
  • pro positioned,
  • de-clares,
  • making pitch,
  • making a pitch,
  • doeth honors,
  • dis playing,
  • dost honors,
  • gives an introduction,
  • gave introduction,
  • giving an introduction,
  • opens view,
  • gives introduction,
  • pre sents,
  • rolling out,
  • dis-playing,
  • make pitch,
  • doest the honors,
  • dis-played,
  • does the honors,
  • makes pitch,
  • opens to view,
  • opening view,
  • gave an introduction,
  • dis played,
  • pro-positions,
  • didst the honors,
  • made a pitch,
  • did honors,
  • pro positions,
  • didst honors,
  • doing honors,
  • pre sent,
  • dis play,
  • opened view,
  • de-clare,
  • doth the honors,
  • putting forward,
  • do honors,
  • de clare,
  • doth honors,
  • pro positioning,
  • dis-plays.
  •proclaim (verb)
  • pro-claiming,
  • pro-claimed,
  • shoots mouth,
  • shot mouth,
  • pro claiming,
  • shoot mouth,
  • sounds off,
  • passed word,
  • pro fesses,
  • pro-fess,
  • sounding off,
  • pass word,
  • shot off mouth,
  • shooting off mouth,
  • passes the word,
  • spreads it around,
  • shoots off mouth,
  • shooting mouth,
  • shouts out,
  • shouted out,
  • spreading around,
  • pro claims,
  • pro claimed,
  • passing the word,
  • passes word,
  • shouting out,
  • pro-claim,
  • spreading it around,
  • pro claim,
  • sounded off,
  • pro fess,
  • spreads around,
  • pro-claims,
  • pro-fesses.
  •read (verb)
  • re states,
  • re cord,
  • re-cords,
  • re cording,
  • re stated,
  • re-cord,
  • re-corded,
  • re corded,
  • re-stated,
  • re-stating,
  • re-states,
  • re-cording,
  • re state,
  • re-state,
  • re stating,
  • re cords.
  •respond (verb)
  • justify,
  • deny,
  • react,
  • defend,
  • refute,
  • object.
  •solve (verb)
  • got the bottom,
  • figures out,
  • thinks out,
  • gat to the bottom,
  • get to bottom,
  • makes a dent,
  • make dent,
  • making a dent,
  • get the bottom,
  • gets right,
  • un-lock,
  • getting the bottom,
  • un-locked,
  • got to bottom,
  • gotten to the bottom,
  • un-locks,
  • getting right,
  • hit up on,
  • hits up on,
  • un-locking,
  • puts two and two together,
  • gets to the bottom,
  • hitting up on,
  • gotten right,
  • getting to the bottom,
  • got right,
  • gat right,
  • makes dent,
  • putting two and two together,
  • put two two together,
  • made dent,
  • hits upon,
  • un locking,
  • gotten to bottom,
  • getting to bottom,
  • putting two two together,
  • gets the bottom,
  • puts two two together,
  • gat the bottom,
  • made a dent,
  • un locks,
  • get bottom,
  • gotten the bottom,
  • making dent,
  • gotten bottom,
  • gat bottom,
  • gets to bottom,
  • gets bottom,
  • un locked,
  • un lock,
  • getting bottom,
  • got bottom,
  • got to the bottom,
  • gat to bottom,
  • hitting upon.
  •spell out (verb)
  • draws map,
  • drew map,
  • clues in,
  • draws a map,
  • cluing in,
  • drawing a map,
  • draw map,
  • fills someone in,
  • filled someone in,
  • filling someone in,
  • drawing map,
  • drew a map.
  •state (verb)
  • gives blow-by-blow,
  • gave rundown,
  • pro pounds,
  • chimed in,
  • gives rundown,
  • pro-pounded,
  • sets forth,
  • give blow by blow,
  • pro pounded,
  • giving rundown,
  • chimes in,
  • pro-pound,
  • pro pounding,
  • pro-pounding,
  • chiming in,
  • giving blow-by-blow,
  • pro-pounds,
  • gives blow by blow,
  • gave blow by blow,
  • gave blow-by-blow,
  • giving blow by blow.
  •teach (verb)
  • in form,
  • pre pares,
  • co aching,
  • gives instruction,
  • opening eyes,
  • giving facts,
  • co-ached,
  • pounding into,
  • gives lessons,
  • giving lessons,
  • pounds in to,
  • pounded in to,
  • gives facts,
  • giving the facts,
  • polished up,
  • pre-pare,
  • improving mind,
  • giving instruction,
  • polishing up,
  • pounded into,
  • opens eyes,
  • show ropes,
  • showing the ropes,
  • co ached,
  • co-aching,
  • in forms,
  • pounds into,
  • opened eyes,
  • showing ropes,
  • pre pare,
  • pre paring,
  • showed ropes,
  • improves mind,
  • in-forming,
  • in forming,
  • showed the ropes,
  • gives the facts,
  • pre pared,
  • gave instruction,
  • pre-pared,
  • pound in to,
  • polishes up,
  • improved mind,
  • pounding in to,
  • gave the facts,
  • shows ropes,
  • pre-paring,
  • in-forms,
  • gave facts,
  • shows the ropes,
  • gave lessons.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • teach.
  •comment
  • annotate.
  •construe
  • Parsed,
  • parses,
  • Parsing.
  •discourse
  • holding forth,
  • held forth,
  • give meeting.
  •expand
  • expanding.
  •interpret
  • reenacting,
  • re-enacts,
  • reenact,
  • re-enact,
  • make of,
  • making of,
  • reenacted,
  • made of.
  •present
  • Presenting,
  • made known,
  • Tendered,
  • make known,
  • do the honors,
  • opened to view,
  • give an introduction,
  • tenders,
  • open to view,
  • Tendering,
  • give introduction,
  • rolled out,
  • make a pitch,
  • puts forward,
  • making known,
  • open view,
  • roll out.
  •teach
  • give instruction,
  • give lessons,
  • Disciplining,
  • polish up,
  • improve mind,
  • pound into,
  • give the facts,
  • open eyes,
  • show the ropes,
  • give facts,
  • disciplined.
  •Other relevant words:
  • spread out,
  • casuist,
  • detailed,
  • build up,
  • originate,
  • vent,
  • interpretation,
  • start,
  • clarification,
  • show,
  • comment upon,
  • fatten out,
  • details,
  • version,
  • logician,
  • thorough,
  • plump,
  • class,
  • particular,
  • full,
  • magnify,
  • explanation,
  • descriptive,
  • rendition,
  • fatten,
  • descent,
  • make,
  • fatten up,
  • ventilate,
  • go on about,
  • reading,
  • conspicuous,
  • set out,
  • exemplifying,
  • pontificate,
  • drew,
  • show how,
  • explain away,
  • exaggerate,
  • address,
  • begin,
  • thrive,
  • recitation,
  • drafting,
  • dialectician,
  • construction,
  • obvious,
  • prosper,
  • account for,
  • enunciation,
  • show the way,
  • fill out,
  • exposition,
  • open,
  • take off,
  • private,
  • grow stronger,
  • boom,
  • refine,
  • clear,
  • disputant,
  • put into practice,
  • deliver,
  • leave,
  • hold up,
  • forsake,
  • close,
  • explication,
  • diction,
  • apparent,
  • elucidation,
  • put forward,
  • enlighten,
  • blow up,
  • description,
  • simplify,
  • reasoner,
  • plain,
  • Euhemerize,
  • Expounder,
  • demystify,
  • carry out,
  • type,
  • enlarge on,
  • personal,
  • expose,
  • philosophize,
  • widen,
  • rarify,
  • aggrandize,
  • circumstantial,
  • discernible,
  • rant,
  • analogist,
  • preach,
  • speak,
  • resolve,
  • rationalize,
  • be enough,
  • depart,
  • noticeable,
  • get ahead,
  • trumpet,
  • clear up,
  • comment on,
  • speech,
  • demonstrate,
  • commentary,
  • get across,
  • incept,
  • manifest,
  • detailing,
  • account,
  • particularized,
  • specification,
  • make larger,
  • evident,
  • put at risk,
  • illustration,
  • depicted,
  • plump out,
  • start out,
  • drawing,
  • go,
  • distinct,
  • flourish,
  • popularize,
  • bring to light,
  • specific,
  • recital,
  • give,
  • draft,
  • demythologize.

Paraphrases for Expound:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    outline.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    lay, elucidate, expose, articulate, expand, develop, elaborate, express, clarify, illustrate, illuminate, present.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    enunciate.

Antonyms for Expound:

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten.

• v.

  • talk about in great detail
    refrain, withhold, complicate, mix up, mystify.
  • Other antonyms:
    confuse, obfuscate, cloud, censor, restrict, confound, restrain, stifle, suppress, obscure, befog.

Homophones for Expound:

• escapement, exponent, equipment, expanded, expand, expended, ex-husband, expend.