elucidate

Verb

  1. make clear and (more) comprehensible; “clarify the mystery surrounding her death”
    • Synonyms
      • clarify
      • clear up
    • Antonyms
      • obfuscate
    • Less specific
      • explain
      • explicate
    • More specific
      • demystify
      • clear
      • clear up
      • shed light on
      • crystallize
      • crystallise
      • crystalize
      • crystalise
      • straighten out
      • sort out
      • enlighten
      • illuminate
      • elucidate
      • elaborate
      • lucubrate
      • expatiate
      • exposit
      • enlarge
      • flesh out
      • expand
      • expound
      • dilate
      • disambiguate
    • Related
      • clarifying
      • elucidative
      • clarity
      • lucidity
      • lucidness
      • pellucidity
      • clearness
      • limpidity
      • elucidation
      • clarification
      • elucidation
      • illumination
      • clarification
      • elucidation
      • illumination
  2. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; “Could you clarify these remarks?”; “Clear up the question of who is at fault”
    • Synonyms
      • clear
      • clear up
      • shed light on
      • crystallize
      • crystallise
      • crystalize
      • crystalise
      • straighten out
      • sort out
      • enlighten
      • illuminate
    • Less specific
      • clarify
      • clear up
      • elucidate
    • Related
      • clarifying
      • elucidative
      • lucidity
      • clarity
      • lucidity
      • lucidness
      • pellucidity
      • clearness
      • limpidity
      • elucidation
      • clarification
      • elucidation
      • illumination
      • clarification
      • elucidation
      • illumination