read

read

verb

Definition of READ

1

to go over and mentally take in the content of <he always reads the newspaper in the morning as he eats breakfast>

Synonyms peruse, pore (over)

Related Words browse, dip (into), leaf (through), scan, skim, speed-read, thumb (through), turn over; devour, gobble (up); slog (through), wade (through); reread; proofread; decipher; review, study; apprehend, comprehend, get, grasp, make, make out, perceive, see, tumble (to), understand

2

to tell of or describe beforehand <the psychic claimed to be able to read his future>

Synonyms augur, call, forecast, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, read, vaticinate

Related Words alert, caution, forewarn, warn; bode, forebode (also forbode), portend, promise; anticipate, divine, foreknow, foresee; announce, declare, herald, proclaim

Near Antonyms describe, narrate, recite, recount, relate, report, tell