Synonyms of read

read

verb

ˈrēd 

1

as in to scan

to go over and mentally take in the content of

he always reads the newspaper in the morning as he eats breakfast

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scan
• peruse
• review
• skim
• study
• pore (over)
• see
• reread
• browse
• decipher
• devour
• speed-read
• turn over
• understand
• leaf (through)
• thumb (through)
• dip (into)
• proofread
• wade (through)
• gobble (up)
• comprehend
• grasp
• get
• perceive
• make out
• apprehend
• tumble (to)
• slog (through)
• make

2

as in to predict

to tell of or describe beforehand

the psychic claimed to be able to read his future

Synonyms & Similar Words

• predict
• warn
• anticipate
• call
• announce
• prophesy
• forecast
• foretell
• prognosticate
• presage
• promise
• augur
• vaticinate
• alert
• foresee
• forewarn
• caution
• declare
• proclaim
• bode
• portend
• divine
• herald
• forebode
• foreknow

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tell
• report
• describe
• relate
• recite
• recount
• narrate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of read

But it can also be read to argue that something well short of an extinction-level event can introduce real historical discontinuity. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

What to read next The new technique uses infrared thermal images and existing computer models to reconstruct a map of distortions across the mirror's surface. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 25 July 2026

Atkins spoke to Variety after its world premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia Festival about the ideas behind the film, finding truth in surrealism and the joy of reading reviews. — William Earl, Variety, 25 July 2026

The season ends with the family having to leave Independence, which anyone who has read the books will know. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2026

Phrases Containing read

• read the riot act (to)