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ex planations
noun as in indication
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in interpretation
noun as in justification
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in key
noun as in light
noun as in manifestation
noun as in meaning
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in narration
Strongest matches
Weak matches
noun as in paraphrase
noun as in plea
noun as in preface
noun as in prologue
Weak match
noun as in rationale
noun as in remark
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in solution
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in basis
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in statement
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in translation
noun as in elaboration
Strongest match
Strong matches
noun as in elucidation
Strong matches
noun as in exegesis
Strong matches
noun as in extenuation
Strong matches
noun as in account
noun as in semantics
noun as in whys and wherefores
Weak matches
Strongest matches
noun as in footnote
Strongest matches
Strong match
noun as in cause
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in apologia
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in rationalization
noun as in rendering
noun as in rendering
Strongest matches
noun as in restatement
noun as in significancy
Weak matches
- acceptation
- allusion
- bearing
- bottom line
- connotation
- content
- context
- definition
- denotation
- drift
- effect
- essence
- explanation
- force
- gist
- heart
- hint
- implication
- import
- intent
- interpretation
- intimation
- meat
- message
- name of the game
- nature of beast
- nitty-gritty
- nuance
- nuts and bolts
- pith
- point
- purport
- sense
- significance
- signification
- spirit
- stuff
- subject
- subject matter
- substance
- suggestion
- symbolization
- tenor
- thrust
- understanding
- upshot
- use
- value
- worth
noun as in signification
Strong matches
- acceptation
- allusion
- bearing
- connotation
- content
- context
- definition
- denotation
- drift
- effect
- essence
- explanation
- force
- gist
- heart
- hint
- implication
- import
- intent
- interpretation
- intimation
- meat
- message
- nitty-gritty
- nuance
- pith
- point
- purport
- sense
- significance
- spirit
- stuff
- subject
- substance
- suggestion
- symbolization
- tenor
- thrust
- understanding
- upshot
- use
- value
- worth
noun as in verbalization
Strong matches
- announcement
- argument
- articulation
- assertion
- asseveration
- commentary
- communication
- declaration
- definition
- delivery
- diction
- elucidation
- emphasis
- enunciation
- execution
- explanation
- exposition
- formulation
- idiom
- interpretation
- intonation
- issue
- language
- locution
- mention
- narration
- phrase
- phraseology
- phrasing
- pronouncement
- remark
- rendition
- speaking
- speech
- statement
- style
- term
- utterance
- vent
- vocalization
- voice
- voicing
- word
- writ
Weak matches
noun as in vocalization
Strong matches
- announcement
- argument
- articulation
- assertion
- asseveration
- commentary
- communication
- declaration
- definition
- delivery
- diction
- elucidation
- emphasis
- enunciation
- execution
- explanation
- exposition
- formulation
- idiom
- interpretation
- intonation
- issue
- language
- locution
- mention
- narration
- phrase
- phraseology
- phrasing
- pronouncement
- remark
- rendition
- speaking
- speech
- statement
- style
- term
- utterance
- vent
- verbalization
- voice
- voicing
- word
- writ
Weak matches
noun as in commentary
noun as in conception
Strong matches
noun as in contention
noun as in declaration
Strong matches
- acknowledgment
- admission
- advertisement
- affirmation
- allegation
- announcement
- answer
- attestation
- averment
- avowal
- bomb
- broadcast
- communication
- deposition
- disclosure
- enunciation
- explanation
- exposition
- expression
- information
- notice
- notification
- oath
- pitch
- presentation
- profession
- promulgation
- protestation
- publication
- remark
- report
- revelation
- saying
- spiel
- statement
- story
- testimony
- utterance
Weak matches
noun as in definition
Strongest matches
Strong matches
- analogue
- annotation
- characterization
- clarification
- clue
- comment
- commentary
- cue
- delimitation
- delineation
- demarcation
- denotation
- determination
- diagnosis
- drift
- elucidation
- exemplification
- explication
- exposition
- expounding
- fixing
- formalization
- gloss
- individuation
- key
- rendering
- rendition
- representation
- settling
- signification
- terminology
Weak matches
noun as in demonstration
noun as in description
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in alibi
noun as in explanation
Strongest matches
noun as in exposé
noun as in exposition
Strong matches
- account
- analysis
- annotation
- article
- comment
- commentary
- composition
- construal
- construction
- critique
- delineation
- details
- discourse
- discussion
- disquisition
- dissertation
- editorial
- elucidation
- enucleation
- enunciation
- essay
- exegesis
- explanation
- explication
- expounding
- history
- illustration
- interpretation
- monograph
- paper
- piece
- presentation
- report
- review
- statement
- story
- study
- tale
- text
- theme
- thesis
- tract
- treatise
Weak matches
noun as in expression
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in annotation
noun as in gloss
noun as in answer
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in apology
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in hypothesis
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in illustration
Strongest matches
Weak matches
noun as in indication
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in interpretation
noun as in justification
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in key
noun as in light
noun as in manifestation
noun as in meaning
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in narration
Strongest matches
Weak matches
noun as in paraphrase
noun as in plea
noun as in preface
noun as in prologue
Weak match
noun as in rationale
noun as in remark
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in solution
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in basis
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in statement
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in translation
noun as in elaboration
Strongest match
Strong matches
noun as in elucidation
Strong matches
noun as in exegesis
Strong matches
noun as in extenuation
Strong matches
noun as in account
noun as in semantics
noun as in whys and wherefores
Weak matches
Strongest matches
noun as in footnote
Strongest matches
Strong match
noun as in cause
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in apologia
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in rationalization
noun as in rendering
noun as in rendering
Strongest matches
noun as in restatement
noun as in significancy
Weak matches
- acceptation
- allusion
- bearing
- bottom line
- connotation
- content
- context
- definition
- denotation
- drift
- effect
- essence
- explanation
- force
- gist
- heart
- hint
- implication
- import
- intent
- interpretation
- intimation
- meat
- message
- name of the game
- nature of beast
- nitty-gritty
- nuance
- nuts and bolts
- pith
- point
- purport
- sense
- significance
- signification
- spirit
- stuff
- subject
- subject matter
- substance
- suggestion
- symbolization
- tenor
- thrust
- understanding
- upshot
- use
- value
- worth
noun as in signification
Strong matches
- acceptation
- allusion
- bearing
- connotation
- content
- context
- definition
- denotation
- drift
- effect
- essence
- explanation
- force
- gist
- heart
- hint
- implication
- import
- intent
- interpretation
- intimation
- meat
- message
- nitty-gritty
- nuance
- pith
- point
- purport
- sense
- significance
- spirit
- stuff
- subject
- substance
- suggestion
- symbolization
- tenor
- thrust
- understanding
- upshot
- use
- value
- worth
noun as in verbalization
Strong matches
- announcement
- argument
- articulation
- assertion
- asseveration
- commentary
- communication
- declaration
- definition
- delivery
- diction
- elucidation
- emphasis
- enunciation
- execution
- explanation
- exposition
- formulation
- idiom
- interpretation
- intonation
- issue
- language
- locution
- mention
- narration
- phrase
- phraseology
- phrasing
- pronouncement
- remark
- rendition
- speaking
- speech
- statement
- style
- term
- utterance
- vent
- vocalization
- voice
- voicing
- word
- writ
Weak matches
noun as in vocalization
Strong matches
- announcement
- argument
- articulation
- assertion
- asseveration
- commentary
- communication
- declaration
- definition
- delivery
- diction
- elucidation
- emphasis
- enunciation
- execution
- explanation
- exposition
- formulation
- idiom
- interpretation
- intonation
- issue
- language
- locution
- mention
- narration
- phrase
- phraseology
- phrasing
- pronouncement
- remark
- rendition
- speaking
- speech
- statement
- style
- term
- utterance
- vent
- verbalization
- voice
- voicing
- word
- writ
Weak matches
noun as in commentary
noun as in conception
Strong matches
noun as in contention
noun as in declaration
Strong matches
- acknowledgment
- admission
- advertisement
- affirmation
- allegation
- announcement
- answer
- attestation
- averment
- avowal
- bomb
- broadcast
- communication
- deposition
- disclosure
- enunciation
- explanation
- exposition
- expression
- information
- notice
- notification
- oath
- pitch
- presentation
- profession
- promulgation
- protestation
- publication
- remark
- report
- revelation
- saying
- spiel
- statement
- story
- testimony
- utterance
Weak matches
noun as in definition
Strongest matches
Strong matches
- analogue
- annotation
- characterization
- clarification
- clue
- comment
- commentary
- cue
- delimitation
- delineation
- demarcation
- denotation
- determination
- diagnosis
- drift
- elucidation
- exemplification
- explication
- exposition
- expounding
- fixing
- formalization
- gloss
- individuation
- key
- rendering
- rendition
- representation
- settling
- signification
- terminology
Weak matches
noun as in demonstration
noun as in description
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in alibi
noun as in explanation
Strongest matches
noun as in exposé
noun as in exposition
Strong matches
- account
- analysis
- annotation
- article
- comment
- commentary
- composition
- construal
- construction
- critique
- delineation
- details
- discourse
- discussion
- disquisition
- dissertation
- editorial
- elucidation
- enucleation
- enunciation
- essay
- exegesis
- explanation
- explication
- expounding
- history
- illustration
- interpretation
- monograph
- paper
- piece
- presentation
- report
- review
- statement
- story
- study
- tale
- text
- theme
- thesis
- tract
- treatise
Weak matches
noun as in expression
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in annotation
noun as in gloss
noun as in answer
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in apology
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in hypothesis
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in illustration
Strongest matches
Weak matches
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Example Sentences
(ε) Its ex planations of motion are more fundamental than those expressed in (δ); for it explains what is meant by motion itself.
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On this page you'll find 1652 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ex-planations, such as: explanation, expression, gesture, hint, implication, and inkling.
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