Find 3,876 synonyms for explain and other similar words that you can use instead based on 19 separate contexts from our thesaurus., Find 2 481 synonyms for Explain to improve your writing and expand your vocabulary., Synonyms for EXPLAIN in English: make clear or plain, describe, demonstrate, illustrate, teach, define, solve, resolve, interpret, disclose, …, These are words and phrases related to explain. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of explain., Synonyms for EXPLAIN: explicate, construe, interpret, expound, elucidate, decipher, describe, clarify, make clear; Antonyms for EXPLAIN: confuse, puzzle, obscure, be vague, confound, complicate, perplex, mystify., These are other word, synonyms and antonyms of explain: describe, interpret, elucidate, clarify, expound, detail, illustrate, demonstrate, show, define, recount, narrate, account, justify, rationalize.