EXPOUNDS Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

expounds

verb

present tense third-person singular of expound

as in expresses

to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion) a rambling interview in which the celebrated author expounds his views on an array of topics

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as in explains

to make plain or understandable at the start of the trial the judge expounded the legal difference between libel and slander to the jury

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Recent Examples of expounds But Supreme Court scholars and the public alike seldom pay much attention to concurring opinions, in which a justice expounds on the views of their colleagues in the majority. — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 9 July 2026 In the latter category is the childhood home of Mary (Renate Reinsve), a psychiatrist who confidently expounds her therapeutic philosophy in her sessions with clients and on late-night TV commercials promoting her self-help audio cassette tapes. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2026 This documentary follows the recording during a six-day period in 2025 and, augmented by Bareilles’ trademark openness, expounds on the personal hardships and grief the songstress/actress endured the past several years. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 June 2026 Jones also further expounds on the vampire’s wretched lineage and mythology through flashbacks. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 June 2026 Digital and tech journalist Taylor Lorenz expounds upon the influence of the digital space called social media in her book, Extremely Online. — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026 On this week’s episode of Good One, Gethard — whose latest special, A Father and the Sun, debuted this past September — expounds on these ideas by outlining what pursuing a creative career used to look like, where things went wrong, and where artists must go from here. — Chris Gethard, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026 His post makes no mention of upcoming future dates in the tour, nor expounds on the nature of the threat. — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025 Philip expounds on the spiritual meaning of a passage from the Hebrew Scriptures and tells him about Jesus. — Alistair Budd, Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2025

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Verb

The 2027 budget also expresses the state’s intent to gradually increase these percentages and to extend weighted funding to students with disabilities beginning in fiscal year 2028.

— Jason Burns, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026
During their wedding, Ann goes off script and expresses her reservations — even as John tries to reassure her.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of expresses

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Odds of getting shares were worse than one in five thousand, which explains pretty loudly why the stock popped so much on launch.

— John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Here, The Athletic explains the latest situation in terms of both outgoings and incomings at St James’ Park.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of explains

Verb

That sentiment illustrates a central tension raised by many of the actors who shared their stories with CNN.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Customer experience illustrates the distinction; an evolutionary approach focuses on reducing handling time, lowering cost to serve, and improving agent productivity.

— Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of illustrates

Verb

While a decision on Luis’ eligibility is unlikely to come soon, adding Dent and Clark at least gives Wade some cover in case his various roster-building methods fall through.

— Devon Henderson, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
That gives our pizza this nice balance, this lightness and this strong structure.

— Bradley Alvelo, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of gives

Verb

The first clarifies that its PLX product does not provide law enforcement agencies with geolocation data, and the second says that the company has reached out to the complaint's authors to ask that the complaint against Penlink be withdrawn.

— Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026
The report carefully clarifies that some of the points for analysis refer specifically to the app (for example, Claude or Gemini) while others relate to the provider (for example, Anthropic or Google).

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of clarifies

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Reports have revealed that moving such a large and capable naval formation into a region experiencing serious tensions demonstrates that Washington is prepared to maintain substantial military capabilities there.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
An audit demonstrates that controls were tested during a prior period.

— Bora Unlu, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026