PARSE Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

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.

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Recent Examples of parse To what degree high housing costs pushed immigrants to move to more affordable places is hard to parse out. —

Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026 As a result, investors had been on edge all day, watching and parsing headlines to determine whether a pause would be announced or whether the war would escalate. —

Steve Kopack, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026 More Harder to parse is OpenAI’s rationale, given that transforming the channel from a buzzy central tech hub into the influence arm of one tech giant is likely to turn off at least some guests and viewers. —

Max Tani, semafor.com, 3 Apr. 2026 Defense is such a difficult thing to parse out from the elite defensive players vying for these top honors because there aren’t great stats and metrics for it. —

Zach Harper, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for parse

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analyze

Verb

At the center of the standoff that has stretched throughout the week is Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which permits the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI and other agencies to collect and analyze vast amounts of overseas communications without a warrant.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
The water will be collected and analyzed in order to determine the uranium concentration.

— Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026