Synonyms of reads

reads

verb

present tense third-person singular of read

1

as in scans

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

• scans
• peruses
• skims
• reviews
• studies
• pores (over)
• sees
• deciphers
• browses
• rereads
• devours
• dips (into)
• turns over
• proofreads
• understands
• thumbs (through)
• comprehends
• leafs (through)
• gobbles (up)
• wades (through)
• speed-reads
• grasps
• perceives
• gets
• slogs (through)
• apprehends
• tumbles (to)
• makes out
• makes

2

as in predicts

to tell of or describe beforehand

the psychic claimed to be able to read his future

Synonyms & Similar Words

• predicts
• anticipates
• warns
• announces
• calls
• foretells
• presages
• prophesies
• forecasts
• augurs
• prognosticates
• promises
• declares
• vaticinates
• foresees
• proclaims
• alerts
• cautions
• forewarns
• portends
• bodes
• forebodes
• divines
• foreknows
• heralds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• describes
• tells
• reports
• relates
• recites
• recounts
• narrates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reads

The person who reads a stack of newsletters before breakfast gets treated as diligent, and the person who scrolls for an hour and calls it research gets away with it entirely. — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

The character — usually someone who can at least embody the spirit of the salt and pepper, smoothie-loving athlete — reads from a binder before being pulled around by cast in a lightning-fast recap of his solo episode. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2026

At his best, Stearns reads the market well and knows how best to leverage his team’s strengths. — Tim Britton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

But the league’s own research found that what reads as charisma in Dallas can land as arrogance in Düsseldorf. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

The indicator is back to neutral, which in the context of a rising trend with both moving averages still pointed up, reads as a pause. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

To me, jasmine reads more mystical and fresh than hyper-femme or basic bloom. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 21 July 2026

At times the book reads like a bold linguistic experiment, an attempt to discover the absolute minimum level of evocation that can be achieved by what are technically grammatical English sentences. — Matthew Walther, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

Let’s say Paul Simon, a curious man, stumbles upon your song and then reads this interview. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 20 July 2026