Synonyms of construes

construes

verb

present tense third-person singular of construe

as in explains

to make plain or understandable

the role of the justices of the Supreme Court in construing the constitution

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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