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

In September, the CCJ convened a panel of 48 crime experts to assess four dozen possible explanations for the recent decline in homicides. — Jacob Sullum, Oc Register, 12 Nov. 2026

Accurate billing explanations can depend on rate schedules, meter intervals, estimated reads, seasonal usage and local policies. — Steve Dawson, Forbes.com, 12 Nov. 2026

The doctors started reviewing a long list of possible explanations. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 Nov. 2026

Which is why there's no consistency week-to-week, Indiana drops five spots while not playing, and the explanations Yurachek provides are so easily dismissed. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026

These are spiritual concepts drawn from my own practice, not medically established explanations for anxiety, depression, or physical illness. — Herman Petrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026

In the absence of neat, definitive explanations, a broader explanation for the global fertility crash comes into view. — Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2026

To grant another person his full humanity is therefore not merely to defend his rights or understand the forces acting upon him, but to accept that there will always be something about him that exceeds our explanations. — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026

There are competing biological explanations that are yet to be ruled out, too. — New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2026