Synonyms of expounded

expounded

verb

past tense of expound

1

as in expressed

to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)

a rambling interview in which the celebrated author expounds his views on an array of topics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expressed
• voiced
• stated
• gave
• announced
• looked
• aired
• described
• sounded
• said
• proclaimed
• ventilated
• raised
• wrote
• vented
• published
• put forth
• conveyed
• declared
• enunciated
• disseminated
• circulated
• broadcasted
• advertised
• offered
• gave air to
• submitted
• enounced
• broadcast
• spoke out
• spoke up
• communicated
• wrote up
• chimed in
• put over
• put across
• sounded off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressed
• restricted
• restrained
• stifled
• censored

2

as in explained

to make plain or understandable

at the start of the trial the judge expounded the legal difference between libel and slander to the jury

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explained
• clarified
• illustrated
• demonstrated
• interpreted
• elucidated
• simplified
• illuminated
• explicated
• construed
• analyzed
• cleared (up)
• spelled out
• demystified
• defined
• resolved
• specified
• solved
• deciphered
• got across
• unriddled
• decoded
• unraveled
• disentangled
• glossed
• annotated
• undid
• broke down
• untangled
• commentated
• unscrambled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obscured
• clouded
• confused
• confounded
• befogged
• obfuscated