Synonyms of parse

parse

verb

as in to analyze

to understand something by considering it parts closely

I'm having trouble parsing your words—could you rephrase what you said?

We need time to parse the huge amount of data put forward in the report.

Related Words

• analyze
• dissect
• review
• notice
• examine
• inspect
• study
• scrutinize
• view
• scan
• observe
• check (out)
• audit
• watch
• investigate
• explore
• survey
• classify
• peruse
• oversee
• categorize
• con
• overlook
• comb
• pore (over)
• plumb
• probe
• research
• delve (into)
• pick over
• reinspect
• rereview
• resurvey

Dissimilar Words

• skim
• miss
• overlook
• glance (at or over)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of parse

The writers Jill Lepore, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, Andrew Marantz, and Joshua Rothman will parse through questions such as these, contemplating what the future holds for a technology that, for better or worse, seems here to stay. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

Cooked, though, is like a film about said playground, each shot carefully captured and then edited into a strange and multivalent whole that could take a lifetime to parse. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026

Neo-Vision confidently parsed the puzzle by turning it into a paradox. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

An onboard neural network then parsed through all that in real time, making split-second decisions on the best routes to fly. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026