Synonyms for Make plain:

• v.

  •assert (verb)
  • speak up.
  •clarify (verb)
  • break down.
  •clear the air (verb)
  • clear air.
  •elucidate (verb)
  • make see daylight.
  •exhibit (verb)
  • Ostend,
  • strut stuff,
  • indicate,
  • parade wares,
  • show and tell,
  • show off.
  •explain (verb)
  • put in plain English,
  • set right,
  • throw light upon,
  • account for,
  • go into detail.
  •explicate (verb)
  • enucleate,
  • run down,
  • develop,
  • enlarge upon.
  •illustrate (verb)
  • mirror,
  • bring home,
  • point up.
  •ravel (verb)
  • loosen,
  • disentangle,
  • unbraid,
  • untwine,
  • unwind,
  • unweave,
  • free,
  • weave out,
  • untwist,
  • smooth out,
  • unsnarl.
  •reveal (verb)
  • communicate,
  • give the low-down,
  • let fall,
  • talk,
  • admit,
  • declare,
  • give away,
  • get out of system,
  • inform,
  • bring to light,
  • avow,
  • come out with,
  • publish,
  • let cat out of the bag,
  • impart,
  • confess,
  • broadcast,
  • leak,
  • report,
  • make public,
  • break the news,
  • make known,
  • give out,
  • let on,
  • utter,
  • put cards on table,
  • affirm,
  • notify,
  • announce,
  • concede,
  • acknowledge,
  • let out,
  • bring out into open,
  • divulge,
  • betray,
  • let slip.
  •simplify (verb)
  • reduce,
  • get down to basics,
  • facilitate,
  • unscramble,
  • disinvolve,
  • break it down,
  • order,
  • shorten,
  • clean up,
  • let sunlight in,
  • abridge,
  • let daylight in,
  • cut down,
  • cut the frills,
  • chasten,
  • hit the high spots,
  • clean it up,
  • get to the meat,
  • streamline,
  • put in a nutshell,
  • put one straight,
  • boil down.
  •speak out/speak up (verb)
  • make oneself heard,
  • speak one's mind,
  • stand up for,
  • speak loudly,
  • say loud and clear,
  • have one's say.
  •speak up (verb)
  • speak out.
  •spell out (verb)
  • clue in.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ravel.
  •clear up
  • clear the air.
  •ravel
  • untwisted,
  • unwoven,
  • unsnarled,
  • unsnarling,
  • smoothed out,
  • untwining,
  • untwists,
  • untwisting,
  • unbraided,
  • unsnarls,
  • untwined,
  • unweaving.
  •reveal
  • made known,
  • made public,
  • unclothe,
  • let cat out of bag,
  • give the lowdown,
  • making known,
  • making public,
  • letting out,
  • breaking news.
  •simplify
  • streamlines,
  • unscrambled,
  • boils down,
  • cleans up,
  • unscrambling,
  • put in nutshell,
  • streamlining,
  • unscrambles,
  • get to meat,
  • put straight,
  • cleaned up.

Antonyms for Make plain:

• v.

  • clarify
    confuse, complicate, muddy, muddle, question, mix up, dirty, obscure.
  • elucidate
    conceal, hide, cloud, distract, mystify, be vague, make ambiguous.
  • exhibit
    cover, withhold.
  • explain
    misrepresent, perplex, distort, misunderstand, stagnate, tangle, wonder.
  • explicate
    lessen, compress, stop.
  • illustrate
    save.
  • ravel
    twist, put together, wind.
  • reveal
    disavow, dispute, contradict, deny, secrete, refuse, suppress, keep, repudiate, dissent, keep quiet, reject.
  • simplify
    increase, grow, make difficult.
  • speak out/speak up
    be quiet, shut up.
  • unclothe
    bury.