Synonyms of interprets

interprets

verb

present tense third-person singular of interpret

1

as in explains

to make plain or understandable

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explains
• illustrates
• clarifies
• demonstrates
• illuminates
• simplifies
• construes
• elucidates
• explicates
• expounds
• analyzes
• demystifies
• spells out
• defines
• clears (up)
• deciphers
• specifies
• resolves
• decodes
• gets across
• solves
• unriddles
• unravels
• annotates
• undoes
• disentangles
• untangles
• glosses
• unscrambles
• breaks down
• commentates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obscures
• confuses
• clouds
• confounds
• obfuscates
• befogs

2

as in performs

to present a portrayal or performance of

interpreted the role of Fletcher Christian in a challengingly new way

Synonyms & Similar Words

• performs
• plays
• portrays
• depicts
• does
• represents
• impersonates
• acts
• enacts
• dramatizes
• renders
• imitates
• mimics
• acts out
• underplays
• overplays
• pantomimes
• masquerades
• takes on
• poses (as)
• role-plays
• mimes
• stars (in)
• overacts
• playacts
• hams
• apes
• coacts
• costars
• clowns

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of interprets

Then, as homes are sold, responsibility passes to an HOA board that interprets, enforces and sometimes amends the rules. — Daniel Kramer, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

But then again, the market doesn’t have a great grasp yet on how Warsh interprets new data. — Zev Fima,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026

How Maresca interprets that and takes it on will be one of the biggest subplots of the Premier League season. — Sam Lee, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Unlike standard hearing and vision tests, these assessments examine how the brain interprets what the child hears and sees and may help identify underlying weaknesses contributing to behaviors associated with ADHD or autism. — Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 25 July 2026

When a disability fundamentally alters how an individual understands relationships or interprets social situations, failing to recognize those differences risks producing outcomes that satisfy consistency while falling short of justice. — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

While the human brain interprets motion as a fluid pattern, multimodal AI still examines videos by their individual frames. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026

Haiken interprets this as evidence that customers remain confident the dealer network will continue supporting them. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 10 July 2026

Operators assign a destination, and the onboard software plans routes, interprets terrain, and controls the vehicle without continuous human input. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026