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throwing light upon synonyms

Trying to find another word for throwing light upon in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of throwing light upon in 43 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for throwing light upon alphabetically.

  • clarify
  • elucidate
  • explain
  • justify
  • resolve
  • assay
  • beat a dead horse
  • chew over
  • confab
  • consider
  • estimate
  • evaluate
  • figure
  • figure out
  • get down to brass tacks
  • hash
  • inspect
  • interpret
  • investigate
  • judge
  • kick around
  • rehash
  • resolve
  • scrutinize
  • sort out
  • comment
  • commentate
  • construe
  • define
  • elucidate
  • explain
  • expound
  • footnote
  • gloss
  • illustrate
  • interpret
  • note
  • remark
  • bring to light
  • emphasize
  • expose
  • highlight
  • introduce
  • publish
  • utter
  • analyze
  • break down
  • clear up
  • define
  • delineate
  • draw a picture
  • elucidate
  • formulate
  • illuminate
  • illustrate
  • interpret
  • make perfectly clear
  • make plain
  • resolve
  • settle
  • shed light on
  • simplify
  • spell out
  • straighten out
  • throw light on
  • analyze
  • decipher
  • define
  • explicate
  • expound
  • figure it to be
  • infer
  • interpret
  • one's best guess
  • parse
  • read
  • render
  • spell out
  • take
  • translate
  • understand
  • analyze
  • break
  • break down
  • bring out
  • cipher
  • construe
  • crack
  • decode
  • deduce
  • disentangle
  • dope out
  • elucidate
  • encipher
  • explain
  • expound
  • find the key
  • interpret
  • make clear
  • make out
  • puzzle out
  • ascertain
  • assign
  • call a spade a spade
  • characterize
  • construe
  • decide
  • delineate
  • denominate
  • denote
  • describe
  • designate
  • detail
  • determine
  • dub
  • elucidate
  • entitle
  • etch
  • exemplify
  • explain
  • expound
  • authenticate
  • determine
  • establish
  • evidence
  • evince
  • exhibit
  • expose
  • flaunt
  • indicate
  • make evident
  • make out
  • manifest
  • prove
  • roll out
  • show and tell
  • test
  • testify to
  • trot out
  • try
  • validate
  • call
  • characterize
  • chronicle
  • communicate
  • construe
  • convey image
  • define
  • delineate
  • depict
  • detail
  • distinguish
  • draw
  • elucidate
  • epitomize
  • exemplify
  • explicate
  • expound
  • express
  • illuminate
  • illustrate
  • big picture
  • blueprint
  • chart
  • description
  • design
  • draft
  • figure
  • floor plan
  • game
  • game plan
  • ground plan
  • layout
  • outline
  • perspective
  • representation
  • rough draft
  • acknowledge
  • admit
  • avow
  • bare
  • betray
  • blab
  • bring to light
  • broadcast
  • come out of the closet
  • communicate
  • confess
  • discover
  • display
  • divulge
  • exhibit
  • expose
  • give away
  • impart
  • lay bare
  • leak
  • annotate
  • clarify
  • clear
  • clear up
  • decode
  • demonstrate
  • draw a picture
  • enlighten
  • exemplify
  • explicate
  • expound
  • get across
  • gloss
  • illuminate
  • illustrate
  • interpret
  • make perfectly clear
  • make plain
  • make see daylight
  • prove
  • alibi
  • apology
  • cleanup
  • cop-out
  • cover
  • cover story
  • coverup
  • defense
  • disguise
  • evasion
  • expedient
  • extenuation
  • fish story
  • grounds
  • jive
  • justification
  • makeshift
  • mitigation
  • plea
  • pretext
  • amplify
  • clear up
  • construe
  • demonstrate
  • develop
  • dilate
  • elucidate
  • enlarge upon
  • enucleate
  • expatiate
  • explain
  • expound
  • give the big picture
  • illustrate
  • interpret
  • make clear
  • make explicit
  • make plain
  • run down
  • spell out
  • clarify
  • comment
  • construe
  • delineate
  • describe
  • discourse
  • elucidate
  • enucleate
  • exemplify
  • explain
  • explicate
  • express
  • illustrate
  • interpret
  • present
  • set forth
  • spell out
  • state
  • unfold
  • bring home
  • convey
  • get through to
  • impart
  • make clear
  • make understood
  • pass on
  • put over
  • transmit
  • account for
  • analyze
  • annotate
  • break down
  • bring out
  • clarify
  • clear up
  • construe
  • decipher
  • define
  • demonstrate
  • describe
  • diagram
  • disclose
  • elucidate
  • excuse
  • explicate
  • expound
  • get across
  • illustrate
  • allegorize
  • bring home
  • clarify
  • clear
  • clear up
  • delineate
  • depict
  • disclose
  • draw a picture
  • elucidate
  • emblematize
  • embody
  • emphasize
  • epitomize
  • evidence
  • evince
  • exhibit
  • explain
  • expose
  • expound
  • adapt
  • annotate
  • clarify
  • comment
  • commentate
  • construe
  • decipher
  • decode
  • delineate
  • depict
  • describe
  • elucidate
  • enact
  • exemplify
  • explain
  • explicate
  • expound
  • gather
  • gloss
  • illustrate
  • absolve
  • acquit
  • advocate
  • alibi
  • answer for
  • apologize for
  • approve
  • argue for
  • assert
  • be answerable for
  • bear out
  • brief
  • claim
  • clear
  • condone
  • confirm
  • contend
  • cop a plea
  • countenance
  • crawl
  • analyze
  • break down
  • clear up
  • define
  • delineate
  • draw a picture
  • elucidate
  • formulate
  • illuminate
  • illustrate
  • interpret
  • make perfectly clear
  • resolve
  • settle
  • shed light on
  • simplify
  • spell out
  • straighten out
  • throw light on
  • apparent
  • big as life
  • bold
  • clear-cut
  • conspicuous
  • crystal clear
  • disclosed
  • distinct
  • divulged
  • evidenced
  • evident
  • evinced
  • glaring
  • noticeable
  • open
  • palpable
  • patent
  • plain
  • prominent
  • revealed
  • digest
  • explanation
  • rehash
  • rendering
  • rendition
  • rephrasing
  • restatement
  • rewording
  • summary
  • version
  • advert
  • allude
  • bring up
  • denote
  • designate
  • identify
  • indicate
  • mention
  • refer
  • remind
  • reveal
  • show
  • specify
  • break
  • carry
  • communicate
  • conduct
  • disclose
  • impart
  • make known
  • pass on
  • project
  • relate
  • reveal
  • send
  • tell
  • transmit
  • account for
  • analyze
  • annotate
  • break down
  • bring out
  • clarify
  • clear up
  • construe
  • decipher
  • define
  • demonstrate
  • describe
  • diagram
  • disclose
  • elucidate
  • excuse
  • explicate
  • expound
  • get across
  • go into detail
  • account for
  • apply logic
  • cop a plea
  • cop out
  • deliberate
  • elucidate
  • excise
  • excuse
  • explain away
  • extenuate
  • give alibi
  • intellectualize
  • justify
  • make allowance
  • reason
  • reason out
  • reconcile
  • resolve
  • think
  • think through
  • apprehend
  • bury oneself in
  • comprehend
  • construe
  • decipher
  • dip into
  • discover
  • flip through
  • gather
  • glance
  • go over
  • go through
  • interpret
  • know
  • leaf through
  • learn
  • make out
  • perceive
  • peruse
  • pore over
  • clarify
  • cleanse
  • distill
  • filter
  • process
  • rarefy
  • strain
  • cede
  • deliver
  • distribute
  • exchange
  • furnish
  • give
  • give back
  • give up
  • hand over
  • impart
  • make available
  • make restitution
  • minister
  • part with
  • pay
  • pay back
  • present
  • provide
  • relinquish
  • repay
  • boldness
  • conclusion
  • courage
  • decidedness
  • design
  • earnestness
  • firmness
  • fixed purpose
  • intention
  • objective
  • project
  • purpose
  • purposefulness
  • purposiveness
  • resoluteness
  • resolution
  • steadfastness
  • undertaking
  • will
  • willpower
  • acknowledge
  • admit
  • affirm
  • announce
  • avow
  • betray
  • break the news
  • bring out into open
  • bring to light
  • broadcast
  • come out with
  • communicate
  • concede
  • confess
  • declare
  • divulge
  • explain
  • expose
  • get out of system
  • give away
  • alter
  • ameliorate
  • amend
  • better
  • change
  • clean up
  • clean up act
  • cure
  • debug
  • do over
  • doctor
  • edit
  • emend
  • fiddle with
  • fix up
  • get with it
  • go over
  • help
  • improve
  • launder
  • break
  • clarify
  • clear up
  • construe
  • crack
  • deal with
  • decide
  • decipher
  • decode
  • determine
  • disentangle
  • divine
  • do
  • elucidate
  • enlighten
  • explain
  • expound
  • fathom
  • figure out
  • find out
  • break down
  • brief
  • clear up
  • clue in
  • decipher
  • decode
  • define
  • describe
  • diagram
  • draw a map
  • expound
  • fill someone in
  • get across
  • go into detail
  • illustrate
  • interpret
  • justify
  • make plain
  • point out
  • put across
  • advise
  • brainwash
  • break in
  • brief
  • catechize
  • coach
  • communicate
  • cram
  • demonstrate
  • develop
  • direct
  • discipline
  • drill
  • edify
  • enlighten
  • exercise
  • explain
  • expound
  • fit
  • form
  • acquaint
  • advise
  • announce
  • apprise
  • authorize
  • bid
  • break the news
  • call upon
  • clue in
  • command
  • confess
  • declare
  • direct
  • disclose
  • divulge
  • enjoin
  • explain
  • express
  • fill in
  • give facts
  • account for
  • analyze
  • annotate
  • break down
  • bring out
  • clarify
  • clear up
  • construe
  • decipher
  • define
  • demonstrate
  • describe
  • diagram
  • disclose
  • elucidate
  • excuse
  • explicate
  • expound
  • get across
  • go into detail
  • construe
  • convert
  • decipher
  • decode
  • do into
  • elucidate
  • explicate
  • gloss
  • make clear
  • metaphrase
  • paraphrase
  • put
  • render
  • reword
  • simplify
  • spell out
  • transcribe
  • transliterate
  • transpose
  • turn
  • disentangle
  • display
  • expand
  • extend
  • fan
  • fan out
  • flatten
  • loosen
  • open
  • outspread
  • outstretch
  • reel out
  • release
  • shake out
  • spread
  • straighten
  • stretch out
  • unbend
  • uncoil
  • uncrease
  • decipher
  • disengage
  • disentangle
  • extricate
  • faze
  • ravel
  • resolve
  • separate
  • solve
  • undo
  • unlace
  • untangle
  • unwind
  • clear up
  • disembroil
  • disencumber
  • disentangle
  • explain
  • extricate
  • put in order
  • solve
  • unravel
  • unscramble
  • unsnarl
  • untwist
  • unweave

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