expound | Definition of expound

Synonyms and Antonyms of expound

1 to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)

a rambling interview in which the celebrated author expounds his views on an array of topics

Synonyms of expound

air, express, give, look, raise, sound, state, vent, ventilate, voice

Words Related to expound

advertise, announce, declare, enounce, enunciate, proclaim, say

broadcast, circulate, disseminate, publish

describe, write, write up

sound off, speak out, speak up

communicate, convey, put across, put over

Phrases Synonymous with expound

give air to, put forth

Near Antonyms of expound

censor, restrain, restrict

Antonyms of expound

stifle, suppress

2 to make plain or understandable

at the start of the trial the judge expounded the legal difference between libel and slander to the jury

Synonyms of expound

clarify, clear (up), construe, demonstrate, demystify, elucidate, explain, explicate, get across, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, simplify, spell out, unriddle

Words Related to expound

decipher, decode

analyze, break down

disentangle, undo, unravel, unscramble, untangle

define, specify

annotate, commentate, gloss

Near Antonyms of expound

confound, confuse, obfuscate

Antonyms of expound