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read

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of read

1 to go over and mentally take in the content of
  • He always reads the newspaper in the morning as he eats breakfast.
Synonyms of read

peruse, pore (over)
Words Related to read

browse, dip (into), leaf (through), scan, skim, speed-read, thumb (through), turn over

devour, gobble (up)

slog (through), wade (through)

reread

proofread

decipher

review, study

apprehend, comprehend, grasp, make, make out, perceive, understand
2 to tell of or describe beforehand
  • The psychic claimed to be able to read his future.
Synonyms of read

augur, call, forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy
Words Related to read

alert, caution, forewarn, warn

bode, forebode (also forbode), portend, promise

anticipate, divine, foreknow, foresee

announce, declare, herald, proclaim
Near Antonyms of read

describe, narrate, recite, recount, relate, report, tell

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