Synonyms of spell out

spell out

verb

as in to explain

to make plain or understandable

the dating applicant spelled out exactly what she wanted in a man

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explain
• illustrate
• clarify
• demonstrate
• simplify
• get across
• interpret
• illuminate
• clear (up)
• elucidate
• expound
• explicate
• construe
• analyze
• resolve
• demystify
• solve
• define
• specify
• unriddle
• decipher
• decode
• break down
• disentangle
• undo
• unravel
• untangle
• gloss
• annotate
• unscramble
• commentate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obscure
• cloud
• confuse
• confound
• befog
• obfuscate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spell out

Also, the proposition does not spell out the terms or interest rates on the loans, which would be worked out if the measure is approved. — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Dummy’s third full-length release tasks itself with offering an affirmation of life, spelled out in no uncertain terms through the thwack of DnB drumlines, abrasive distortion, and incisive songwriting. — Sue Park, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026

No oligarch in Russia needed the rest of the sentence spelled out. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

Within that very document, the contradictions concerning Black people are spelled out in the original language that originalists are so devoted to. — Kamau Bobb october 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026