Synonyms of interpreting

interpreting

verb

present participle of interpret

1

as in explaining

to make plain or understandable

a biblical passage that scholars haven't been able to interpret to everyone's satisfaction

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explaining
• clarifying
• illustrating
• demonstrating
• simplifying
• illuminating
• construing
• elucidating
• explicating
• analyzing
• expounding
• spelling out
• defining
• clearing (up)
• demystifying
• deciphering
• resolving
• getting across
• solving
• specifying
• decoding
• unriddling
• disentangling
• unraveling
• annotating
• untangling
• undoing
• glossing
• breaking down
• unscrambling
• commentating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obscuring
• clouding
• confusing
• confounding
• obfuscating
• befogging

2

as in playing

to present a portrayal or performance of

interpreted the role of Fletcher Christian in a challengingly new way

Synonyms & Similar Words

• playing
• performing
• portraying
• depicting
• doing
• representing
• acting
• impersonating
• enacting
• rendering
• dramatizing
• imitating
• acting out
• mimicking
• masquerading
• taking on
• pantomiming
• posing (as)
• role-playing
• aping
• clowning
• miming
• underplaying
• playacting
• overplaying
• coacting
• starring (in)
• hamming
• overacting
• costarring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of interpreting

One way of interpreting the findings was that amyloid had been assigned too large a role in Alzheimer’s. — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

However, interpreting their output remains difficult because the cameras generate millions of individual signals rather than recognizable images. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026

Prop 1’s complexity has led to a flurry of competing TV ads interpreting it in opposite ways. — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 28 Oct. 2026

More recently, Allison Sarofim and Stuart Parr’s legendary fêtes had guests interpreting themes as ambitious as Italian Futurism. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026

Many voters have described their experiences on social media, with some falsely interpreting the troubles as attempts at election tampering to favor Republicans. — Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Rafauli also drew on wabi-sabi, the Japanese philosophy that finds beauty in natural forms and imperfection, interpreting it through his own sculptural style. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026

Advertisement Complicating matters, Huq says, is that legislative reforms could ultimately come before the Supreme Court, whose methods of interpreting the law leave the justices largely unconstrained in reaching their preferred outcomes. — Connor Greene, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

Behavioral questions are only as useful as the person interpreting them. — Kenzie Biggins, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026