put in plain English

VERB

explain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analyze clarify define demonstrate describe disclose expound illustrate interpret justify point out read resolve reveal solve spell out tell

STRONG

annotate construe decipher diagram elucidate excuse explicate manifest paraphrase rationalize refine render teach translate unfold unravel untangle

WEAK

account for break down bring out clear up get across go into detail make plain put across set right throw light upon

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal confuse distort hide misrepresent misunderstand question wonder

STRONG

cloud mystify obscure stagnate tangle withhold

WEAK

be vague complicate perplex

VERB

spell out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

define describe expound illustrate justify point out

WEAK

break down brief clear up clue in decipher decode diagram draw a map fill someone in get across go into detail interpret make plain put across teach tell throw light upon translate unfold unravel untangle

Antonyms

STRONGEST

confuse

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Much greater absurdities have been put in plain English.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick

Surely the time has come to put in plain English the plain truths of the situation.

From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.

It is good for sport to have facts put in plain English occasionally.

From Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 by Various

put in plain English

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