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construing

verb , present participle of construe

Synonyms and Antonyms of construing

to make plain or understandable

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

Synonyms of construing

clarifying, clearing (up), demonstrating, demystifying, elucidating, explaining, explicating, expounding, getting across, illuminating, illustrating, interpreting, simplifying, spelling out, unriddling

Words Related to construing

deciphering, decoding

analyzing, breaking down

disentangling, undoing, unraveling, unscrambling, untangling

resolving, solving

defining, specifying

annotating, commentating, glossing

Near Antonyms of construing

befogging, clouding

confounding, confusing, obfuscating

Antonyms of construing

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