Synonyms of explication

explication

noun

as in explanation

a statement that makes something clear

any explication of Einstein's theory of relativity probably wouldn't help me much

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explanation
• interpretation
• illustration
• elucidation
• analysis
• translation
• clarification
• exegesis
• exposition
• construction
• definition
• reasoning
• illumination
• demonstration
• road map
• commentary
• restatement
• comment
• annotation
• paraphrase
• justification
• meaning
• gloss
• rationale
• decoding
• enlightenment
• edification
• deciphering
• rationalization
• enactment
• caveat
• warning
• disentanglement
• epexegesis
• unscrambling
• caution

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of explication

Our in-house historian, Jake Lundberg, writes in this issue that the poem is both an explication of the promise of America and an exhortation to persevere on behalf of the country. — Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026

Passover is not about a historical event but about a metaphoric explication of an ideal. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

Worthy of detailed explication? — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026

Presumably at some point the filmmakers will unlock CW’s mystery with some origin-story explication. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025