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clarify v.
elucidate v.
illustrate v.
simplify v.
specify v.

VERB

clarify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analyze clear up define formulate interpret resolve simplify spell out

STRONG

delineate elucidate illuminate illustrate settle

WEAK

break down make perfectly clear make plain shed light on straighten out throw light on

Antonyms

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complicate confuse question

STRONG

mix up obscure

WEAK

dirty muddle muddy

VERB

elucidate

Synonyms

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clear up decode enlighten exemplify explicate expound get across illuminate

STRONG

annotate clarify clear demonstrate gloss illustrate interpret prove unfold

WEAK

make perfectly clear make plain make see daylight shed light on spell out throw light on

Antonyms

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cloud complicate confuse obscure

STRONG

conceal hide

WEAK

be vague distract make ambiguous mix up mystify

VERB

illustrate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clarify delineate depict embody emphasize epitomize exhibit explain expose highlight illuminate interpret lay out manifest mark mirror personify point up portray represent reveal spotlight symbolize typify

STRONG

allegorize clear disclose elucidate evidence evince expound imitate instance picture proclaim show vivify

WEAK

bring home clear up emblematize get across get over limelight make clear make plain ostend show and tell

Antonyms

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complicate conceal confuse cover hide obscure save

VERB

simplify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clarify cut down facilitate reduce shorten streamline

STRONG

abridge analyze chasten decipher disentangle disinvolve elucidate explain interpret order unscramble

WEAK

boil down break down break it down clean it up clean up clear up cut the frills get down to basics get to the meat hit the high spots lay out let daylight in let sunlight in make clear make perfectly clear make plain put in a nutshell put one straight spell out

Antonyms

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grow increase

STRONG

be vague confuse mix up mystify obscure

WEAK

complicate make difficult

VERB

specify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cite define determine enumerate establish fix indicate lay out limit mention point out spell out stipulate

STRONG

blueprint condition detail finger individualize instance inventory itemize list make name particularize peg set settle slot specialize tag

WEAK

be specific button down come to the point get down to brass tacks get to the point go into detail pin down precise put down put finger on show clearly specificate specificize tab tick off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

confuse destroy neglect unsettle

STRONG

discourage dissuade halt ignore

WEAK

generalize

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draw a picture

“I just wanted to draw a picture of what I felt resembled her — something that was elegant, but very timeless and simplistic at the same time.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025

If I was a cartoonist, I'd draw a picture of him with the raised right clenched fist and his left hand holding a donation can.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2024

Most people don’t say exactly what made them invest, but the dialogue in his social media threads draw a picture of the activity.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2022

But numbers can also fill in the minutiae of people's lives and draw a picture of what they do when they're just living it - like what they think of love.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2021

For instance, in English it’s not obvious how to draw a picture of the common syllable -tion, but we could instead draw a picture illustrating the verb shun, which has the same pronunciation.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

draw a picture

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