Synonyms of annotating

annotating

verb

present participle of annotate

as in interpreting

to add notes or comments to (a text, book, drawing, etc.)

He annotated the text at several places.

annotate a list

Related Words

• interpreting
• analyzing
• explaining
• illustrating
• clarifying
• simplifying
• demonstrating
• explicating
• elucidating
• commentating
• glossing
• defining
• construing
• illuminating
• solving
• expounding
• deciphering
• decoding
• clearing (up)
• spelling out
• demystifying
• getting across
• specifying
• resolving
• disentangling
• unriddling
• unraveling
• untangling
• undoing
• breaking down
• unscrambling

Dissimilar Words

• clouding
• confusing
• confounding
• obscuring
• obfuscating
• befogging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of annotating

Over the past several months, startups have stepped in to supply that demand by collecting and annotating videos from thousands of contract workers around the world. — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026

The software covers standard PDF tasks like editing text, inserting images, annotating documents, and merging or splitting files. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2026

After compiling and annotating my own list of the 100 best movies of the past century—broken down by decade, 10 pictures in each—I’m here to reassure you that there’s no such thing as the wrong taste. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Feb. 2026

Researchers are counting on such advances to help power them in their grand quest of sequencing and annotating the world’s organisms. — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025

Instead of annotating the text in the margins, use removable sticky notes to record your favorite quotes and thoughts. — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025

As long as annotating serves the reader a purpose, any style is fine, experts say. — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2025

From an engineering perspective, this includes mapping out ‘decision trees’, annotating task boundaries and defining clear entry and exit points for AI intervention. — Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025