Synonyms of explanations

explanations

noun

plural of explanation

1

as in interpretations

a statement that makes something clear

an explanation of photosynthesis that most museum visitors will be able to understand

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interpretations
• illustrations
• explications
• translations
• clarifications
• elucidations
• analyses
• definitions
• constructions
• reasonings
• exegeses
• expositions
• comments
• illuminations
• commentaries
• road maps
• demonstrations
• restatements
• annotations
• justifications
• paraphrases
• glosses
• meanings
• rationales
• rationalizations
• edifications
• enlightenments
• caveats
• warnings
• enactments
• epexegeses
• disentanglements
• cautions

2

as in reasons

a statement given to explain a belief or act

when questioned by authorities, the students were at a loss for an explanation for their senseless vandalism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reasons
• arguments
• apologies
• justifications
• accountings
• rationales
• excuses
• cases
• accounts
• appeals
• alibis
• defenses
• pleas
• rationalizations
• vindications
• pretexts
• pretenses
• apologiae
• guises

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of explanations

For Bondele, the explanations have done little to ease the uncertainty. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Signage, register prompts, receipts and employee explanations all shape whether customers view rounding as a reasonable adjustment or another example of being nickel-and-dimed. — Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Other potential explanations for Zipfian distribution in animal communication don’t involve cultural transmission. — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026

Some of those explanations may be straightforward—at least compared with extraterrestrials. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2026

For years, scholars and historians have tried to find other explanations, including economics and stable employment, a desire to serve their communities and seeking proximity to whiteness. — Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

Trump's businesses say those explanations obscure political discrimination. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Instead of going straight to the point — or even having a point — a novel should meander with its characters, look for and fail to find explanations. — Sabrina Jaszi, The Dial, 4 Aug. 2026

Three market watchers looked at the same week and came away with three different explanations as to why this might be. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2026