Synonyms of clarifies

clarifies

verb

present tense third-person singular of clarify

1

as in filters

to remove usually visible impurities from

clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filters
• refines
• extracts
• clears
• cleans
• purifies
• fines
• distills
• washes
• processes
• rectifies
• purges
• garbles
• sifts
• cleanses
• sanitizes
• decontaminates
• leaches
• disinfects
• elutriates
• screens
• bolts
• sieves

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dulls
• clouds
• muddies
• contaminates
• soils
• pollutes
• taints
• defiles
• dirties
• sullies
• fouls
• besmirches
• begrimes

2

as in explains

to make plain or understandable

it would help if you could clarify your position for us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explains
• illustrates
• demonstrates
• simplifies
• illuminates
• elucidates
• interprets
• explicates
• construes
• expounds
• demystifies
• clears (up)
• spells out
• analyzes
• resolves
• defines
• specifies
• gets across
• solves
• deciphers
• unriddles
• decodes
• unravels
• undoes
• annotates
• glosses
• disentangles
• breaks down
• untangles
• unscrambles
• commentates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obscures
• confuses
• clouds
• confounds
• obfuscates
• befogs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clarifies

But the list clarifies that restrictions don’t apply to licensing, partnerships, and contract research services involving these technologies. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026

The team's research clarifies how the environments around infant stars directly affect planetary fates and, in turn, the survival of extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, that are potentially capable of hosting life. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026

That straining to comprehend the irrational fog of human emotions is the show’s explicit subject only clarifies the problem rather than neutralizing it. — Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

The director clarifies that the moment came up organically in filming. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

The final version — which has Beutner’s approval — clarifies that small schools or small school districts can pool their money to share an arts teacher, provided that every school gets the additional arts instruction. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Haddad clarifies that vinyl itself doesn’t rust, which means that any visible rust on the siding is coming from something else. — The Spruce, 20 Sep. 2026

The new guidance clarifies that the mandatory testing would initially apply to only male service members. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

The 2026 draft also clarifies that productivity bonuses may themselves be calculated by production, piece or unit. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026