Related Words:
- explain
collapse - make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"
- define; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean" related words >
- absolve,
- account,
- account for,
- acquit,
- aid,
- allegorize,
- analyze,
- answer,
- bottom,
- break down,
- clarify,
- clear,
- clear the way,
- clear up,
- condone,
- construe,
- crack,
- cry sour grapes,
- debug,
- decipher,
- decode,
- define,
- delineate,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- describe,
- destigmatize,
- detail,
- disclose,
- discourse,
- disentangle,
- divine,
- do,
- do justice to,
- dope,
- dope out,
- ease,
- elucidate,
- enlighten,
- euhemerize,
- exculpate,
- excuse,
- exemplify,
- exonerate,
- expedite,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- extenuate,
- facilitate,
- fathom,
- figure out,
- find out,
- find the answer,
- find the solution,
- get,
- get across,
- get over,
- get right,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- grease,
- grease the ways,
- grease the wheels,
- guess,
- guess right,
- harangue,
- hasten,
- have it,
- help along,
- hit it,
- hold forth,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- interpret,
- justify,
- lecture,
- legitimate,
- legitimatize,
- loose,
- lubricate,
- make clear,
- make it clear,
- make out,
- make plain,
- make way for,
- moralize,
- oil,
- open the lock,
- open the way,
- open up,
- palliate,
- pave the way,
- plumb,
- point a moral,
- popularize,
- preach,
- prepare the way,
- psych,
- psych out,
- purge,
- put across,
- put over,
- puzzle out,
- quicken,
- rationalize,
- ravel,
- ravel out,
- read a lesson,
- rehabilitate,
- reinstate,
- remove friction,
- resolve,
- restore,
- riddle,
- run interference for,
- sermonize,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- smooth,
- smooth the way,
- soap the ways,
- solve,
- sort out,
- speed,
- spell out,
- throw light upon,
- unbar,
- unblock,
- unclog,
- undo,
- unfold,
- unjam,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- unriddle,
- unscramble,
- untangle,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- vindicate,
- vulgarize,
- warrant,
- work,
- work out
- unravel
collapse
- become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread" related words >
- account for,
- allegorize,
- answer,
- avulse,
- bottom,
- break,
- break loose,
- break out,
- carry away,
- clarify,
- clear,
- clear up,
- come apart,
- come off,
- come undone,
- come unstuck,
- crack,
- crack up,
- cut loose,
- cut out,
- debug,
- decipher,
- decode,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- deracinate,
- dig out,
- dig up,
- disembarrass,
- disembroil,
- disengage,
- disentangle,
- disintegrate,
- disintricate,
- disinvolve,
- dislodge,
- dissolve,
- divine,
- do,
- dope,
- dope out,
- draw,
- draw out,
- dredge,
- dredge up,
- elucidate,
- enlighten,
- eradicate,
- euhemerize,
- evolve,
- evulse,
- excavate,
- excise,
- exemplify,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- exsect,
- extract,
- extricate,
- fall off,
- fall to pieces,
- fathom,
- figure out,
- find out,
- find the answer,
- find the solution,
- fly apart,
- free,
- get,
- get loose,
- get out,
- get right,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- give way,
- go to pieces,
- gouge out,
- grub up,
- guess,
- guess right,
- have it,
- hit it,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- interpret,
- make clear,
- make out,
- make plain,
- mine,
- open the lock,
- peel off,
- pick out,
- pluck out,
- pluck up,
- plumb,
- popularize,
- psych,
- psych out,
- pull,
- pull out,
- pull up,
- puzzle out,
- quarry,
- rake out,
- rationalize,
- ravel,
- ravel out,
- release,
- remove,
- resolve,
- riddle,
- rip out,
- root out,
- root up,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- solve,
- sort out,
- spell out,
- spring apart,
- start,
- take out,
- tear loose,
- tear out,
- throw light upon,
- unbraid,
- unclutter,
- uncoil,
- undo,
- unearth,
- unfold,
- unknot,
- unlock,
- unmix,
- unriddle,
- unscramble,
- unsnarl,
- untangle,
- unthread,
- untwine,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- unwind,
- uproot,
- weed out,
- withdraw,
- work,
- work out,
- wrest out
- enlighten
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- give spiritual insight to; in religion
- make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal" related words >
- account for,
- acculturate,
- acquaint,
- advance,
- advertise,
- advertise of,
- advise,
- allegorize,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- apprise,
- awaken,
- beacon,
- better,
- boost,
- break the spell,
- brief,
- brighten,
- brighten up,
- bring forward,
- bring word,
- broaden the mind,
- burst the bubble,
- catechize,
- civilize,
- clarify,
- clear up,
- coach,
- communicate,
- correct,
- counsel,
- crack,
- debunk,
- decipher,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- direct,
- disabuse,
- disappoint,
- disclose,
- disenchant,
- disillude,
- disillusion,
- disillusionize,
- edify,
- educate,
- elevate,
- elucidate,
- emend,
- enhance,
- enrich,
- euhemerize,
- exemplify,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- expose,
- exposit,
- expound,
- familiarize,
- fatten,
- favor,
- flood with light,
- floodlight,
- forward,
- foster,
- give instruction,
- give lessons in,
- give notice,
- give reason for,
- give the facts,
- give the meaning,
- give word,
- go straight,
- ground,
- guide,
- highlight,
- illume,
- illuminate,
- illumine,
- illustrate,
- improve,
- improve upon,
- inform,
- instruct,
- irradiate,
- lard,
- leave word,
- let down easy,
- let in on,
- let know,
- lift,
- light,
- light up,
- lighten,
- luminate,
- make an improvement,
- make clear,
- make plain,
- meliorate,
- mend,
- mention to,
- notify,
- nurture,
- open the eyes,
- overshine,
- popularize,
- prick the bubble,
- promote,
- put straight,
- raise,
- rationalize,
- reeducate,
- refine upon,
- reform,
- relume,
- relumine,
- report,
- school,
- send word,
- serve notice,
- set right,
- set straight,
- sharpen the wits,
- shed light upon,
- shine upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- show up,
- simplify,
- socialize,
- solve,
- speak,
- spell out,
- spotlight,
- straighten out,
- teach,
- teach a lesson,
- teach the rudiments,
- tell,
- tell the truth,
- throw light upon,
- train,
- transfigure,
- transform,
- tutor,
- unblindfold,
- uncharm,
- undeceive,
- unfold,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- unspell,
- upgrade,
- uplift,
- verse,
- wake up
- puzzle
collapse
- a toy that tests your ingenuity
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"
- be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure" related words >
- Chinese puzzle,
- Gordian knot,
- addle,
- ail,
- amaze,
- apply the mind,
- baffle,
- bafflement,
- baffling problem,
- bamboozle,
- be the matter,
- beat,
- befog,
- befuddle,
- beset,
- bewilder,
- bewilderment,
- boggle,
- bother,
- brain twister,
- brain-teaser,
- buffalo,
- cap,
- complicate matters,
- concern,
- confound,
- confoundment,
- confuse,
- confusion,
- consider,
- contemplate,
- conundrum,
- crossword puzzle,
- crux,
- dark horse,
- daze,
- decipher,
- dilemma,
- discommode,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- disconcertedness,
- disconcertion,
- disconcertment,
- distract,
- distress,
- disturb,
- disturbance,
- dumbfound,
- embarrassment,
- enigma,
- enigmatic question,
- figure out,
- fix,
- flabbergast,
- floor,
- floorer,
- flummox,
- foil,
- frontier,
- frontiers of knowledge,
- frustrate,
- fuddle,
- get,
- hammer at,
- hammer away at,
- harass,
- inconvenience,
- irk,
- jam,
- jigsaw puzzle,
- keep in suspense,
- knot,
- knotty point,
- lick,
- matter of ignorance,
- maze,
- mind-boggler,
- muddle,
- mull over,
- muse on,
- muse over,
- mystery,
- mystification,
- mystify,
- n,
- node,
- nodus,
- nonplus,
- nut to crack,
- oxymoron,
- paradox,
- perplex,
- perplexed question,
- perplexity,
- perturb,
- perturbation,
- pickle,
- plague,
- plight,
- ponder over,
- pons asinorum,
- pose,
- poser,
- pother,
- predicament,
- problem,
- put out,
- put to it,
- puzzle out,
- puzzle over,
- puzzlement,
- puzzler,
- quandary,
- question,
- question mark,
- reflect over,
- riddle,
- scrape,
- sealed book,
- sixty-four dollar question,
- solve,
- sort out,
- stew,
- stew over,
- stick,
- sticker,
- study,
- stumble,
- stump,
- stumper,
- stymie,
- teaser,
- terra incognita,
- the incalculable,
- the strange,
- the unfamiliar,
- the unknowable,
- the unknown,
- think hard,
- think through,
- throw,
- torment,
- tough proposition,
- trouble,
- unassuredness,
- unexplored ground,
- unexplored territory,
- unknown quantity,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- upset,
- vex,
- vexed question,
- why,
- work out,
- worry,
- x,
- z
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