Synonyms of explicated

explicated

verb

past tense of explicate

as in explained

to make plain or understandable

the physicist did his best to explicate the wave theory of light for the audience of laymen

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of explicated

His paragon, surprisingly, was Adorno, who, notwithstanding his mandarin prose, often explicated his ideas on radio and television. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Gender presentation as a theme is suggested, rather than explicated, by the yin-yang survival modes pursued by Lady and her oldest friend Pinky (Amanda Oruh), the other girl in the opening sequence. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2026