EXPLAINING Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

explaining

verb

present participle of explain

as in clarifying

to make plain or understandable a pamphlet that explains the medical procedure in language that any layperson can understand

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as in justifying

to give the reason for or cause of can you explain your very odd behavior at the wedding reception?

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Recent Examples of explaining The Big Ten early Sunday morning released a statement and video footage explaining the call. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Restaurant owner Sachiyo Nakato Takahara places noodles, cabbage, onion and tofu into the sizzling, fragrant pot while explaining the significance of the meal, an intimate one typically enjoyed by close friends or family. — Nila Roper, AJC.com, 6 Sep. 2026 Investigators also found Chavez-DeRemer did not report the tickets, valued at approximately $100 a piece, as she was required to do, despite having completed ethics training explaining government policy on accepting gifts. — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026 This includes explaining the rising cost of doing business to his customers, avoiding refueling in California where possible and using alternative fuels to power air conditioning in trucks overnight. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Trust depends on collecting only what is needed, explaining how it will be used and keeping humans accountable for the actions that follow. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 At a time of rising measles cases and falling vaccination rates among kindergartners, the CDC director should be explaining the importance of vaccination as children return to school. — Demetre Daskalakis, STAT, 4 Sep. 2026 Johnson has previously cited those laws in explaining why prosecutors did not continue to pursue murder charges against Miller and Young. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Immigration judges traditionally take cases one by one from dockets of a few dozen, explaining the cases against people. — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026

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The Big Ten issued a statement two hours after the game, clarifying the process that was used and citing the rule that was enforced about when the clock stops if a player touches the ball out of bounds.

— Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026
From there, use hair-care products to address other needs, like protecting your color or clarifying the scalp.

— Elise Tabin, InStyle, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of clarifying

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That is why parents, and moms in particular, who historically have taken on most of the child care work and labor in the home—have trouble justifying rest.

— Parents, Parents, 28 Aug. 2026
Former grand mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, an Assad loyalist who was vocally in support of the government's policies, was convicted of inciting violence and justifying murder.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of justifying

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On the walls outside the barracks are dozens of missing persons photos, illustrating the number of those still missing.

— Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Marc Ellinger, a prominent Missouri GOP attorney, and John Gore, a former Department of Justice official, intervened in the case on behalf of three Republican organizations, illustrating the national implications of Missouri’s map.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of illustrating

Verb

The offense was bad Saturday, and there’s no spin or rationalizing the performance.

— Zach Berman, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Is there still unfinished business in rationalizing the excesses of the semiconductor surge, which formed the core of the momentum-stock frenzy?

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of rationalizing

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Within 24 hours of launch, the team completed the commissioning of the payload, demonstrating how the optics system can support rapid action and decision-making in space operations.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
The 2026 midterm elections are also demonstrating how issues that begin as disputes between local governments and residents can spread across the country and become part of national political identities.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of demonstrating

Verb

His recent Jackson Hole remarks clarified a hawkish stance, directly attributing sustained inflation to the central bank.

— Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
The gross margin outlook was a bit lower than expected, with Kress attributing the crunch to the relentless rise in memory prices, both for the remainder of this fiscal year and for fiscal 2028.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of attributing

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Further development will focus on protecting the electronics from salt, improving wind resistance, and simplifying assembly.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Most manufacturers’ lineups use a mix of either carbon fiber and aluminum because those two materials can be made into the exact same shape, simplifying manufacturing.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of simplifying

Verb

But as this example illustrates, interpreting the benchmark scores can be technically complex, presenting a challenge for companies that want to show off the results to the public in a digestible format.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Studying the effects of this fluctuating luminescence on interpreting gesture may tell us whether speech has significant benefits around an evening campfire.

— Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026