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What is another word for
rationalize
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To provide or serve as a satisfactory explanation for
To apply logic or reasoning to
To reorganize (a process or system) so as to make it more logical and consistent
To reorganize (a process or system) by removing redundancies
To minimize or moderate the seriousness of (an offense)
To organize something again, or in a different manner
To arrange into groups or into a systematic order
To urge someone to do something
To regard something as being caused by
To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner
To clear of or to free from guilt
To comment or pass judgment on issues from a moral standpoint
To help to clarify or explain
To simplify something (by removing the complexities from)
To make sense of various (separate) pieces of information
To believe, based on information
To move administration or power to a single, central authority
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Verb
▲
To provide or serve as a satisfactory explanation for
excuse
explain
justify
vindicate
account for
extenuate
attribute
defend
explain away
reconcile
make acceptable
give alibi
make allowance
provide a cop out for
reason out
give an explanation for
make excuses for
provide a rationale for
give good reason for
make allowances for
warrant
support
legitimize
US
legitimise
UK
give reasons for
uphold
validate
whitewash
substantiate
sustain
corroborate
argue for
sanction
approve
merit
condone
permit
mitigate
resolve
verify
qualify
exonerate
establish
exculpate
advocate
maintain
clear
clear up
be a reason for
be a justification for
offer grounds for
answer for
show to be reasonable
make a case for
give a reason for
give a justification for
give an apologia for
give grounds for
protest
back
pretext
pardon
insist on
fight for
swear by
stand by
swear to
cover
appease
alibi
absolve
elucidate
illuminate
authenticate
prove
clarify
licence
US
license
UK
exempt
authorize
US
acquit
give an excuse for
vindicate oneself
exculpate oneself
acquit oneself
give an alibi for
shed light on
clear the air about
give a rationale for
exonerate oneself
absolve yourself
throw light on
throw light upon
answer to
provide a justification for
provide an explanation for
ground
be grounds for
authorise
UK
back up
give an explanation
be good reason for
call for
be a defence of
entitle one to
come up with an explanation
show grounds for
give substance to
give proof of
give credence to
show to be true
lend weight to
confirm
bear out
legitimatize
US
legalize
US
legalise
UK
legitimatise
UK
assert
palliate
show just cause for
stand up for
do justice to
show cause
prove to be reasonable
be answerable for
speak in favor of
make good on
make allowances
speak for
plead for
cover for
say in defense
give the rationale behind
prove a case
apologize for
speak on behalf of
speak in support of
endorse
necessitate
approve of
consent to
give ground for
rationalise
UK
deodorize
US
deodorise
UK
gloze over
gloss over
gloze
legislate
ratify
underwrite
legitimate
demand
deserve
require
entitle
earn
pronounce lawful
give the green light to
rate
accredit
allow
entail
come up with an explanation for
sanctify
be worth
be deserving of
be entitled to
be worthy of
qualify for
give the stamp of approval to
more ❯
“I just remember my shock when he tried to
rationalize
his decision to isolate himself from all of us.”
Verb
▲
To apply logic or reasoning to
intellectualise
UK
intellectualize
US
pragmatize
reason
analyse
UK
analyze
US
cogitate
resolve
cerebrate
clarify
elucidate
logicalize
unravel
logicize
make consistent
apply logic to
apply reasoning to
think logically
think rationally
think straight
deliberate
comprehend
evaluate
ruminate
use one's head
put on thinking cap
ponder
reflect
ratiocinate
estimate
conceive
consider
mull
brood
weigh
study
examine
muse
stew
speculate
meditate
appraise
ideate
contemplate
rack brains
sort out
figure out
think things through
rationalise
UK
use one's mind
use one's brain
use one's common sense
perpend
dwell
puzzle over
debate
noodle around
brainstorm
understand
excogitate
sleep on it
be lost in thought
discern
cudgel your brains
wonder
think
mind
figure
process
concentrate
apprehend
lucubrate
chew
be in a brown study
appreciate
judge
imagine
infer
deduce
revolve
mull over
turn over
take under consideration
have in mind
stop to consider
more ❯
“So I proceeded to
rationalize
my answer to these questions by responding that a donation would be like using the money to buy stocks or provide venture capital for a business.”
Verb
▲
To reorganize (a process or system) so as to make it more logical and consistent
modernise
UK
modernize
US
streamline
update
improve
reorganise
UK
reorganize
US
hone
simplify
enhance
tune
make more efficient
improve the running of
straighten out
contemporize
renovate
rejuvenate
overhaul
refresh
renew
refurbish
upgrade
rebrand
reform
innovate
bring up to date
restructure
amend
revise
correct
better
recondition
re-equip
restore
get the latest version of
bring up to code
bring into the twenty-first century
remodel
revamp
remake
develop
redo
retouch
rebuild
refashion
redecorate
face-lift
transform
revive
regenerate
make over
do over
tart up
rationalise
UK
repair
reconstruct
do up
rehabilitate
mend
fix up
revitalize
US
refit
redevelop
revivify
revitalise
UK
resuscitate
spruce up
recreate
freshen
reanimate
rehab
breathe new life into
reinvigorate
spruce
recover
fix
recharge
touch up
retread
exhilarate
refreshen
rework
stimulate
reconstitute
rekindle
inspirit
patch
invigorate
US
vamp up
revolutionize
US
kick-start
envigorate
UK
refurnish
enliven
set to rights
doctor
resurrect
vivify
quicken
rewake
rewaken
reawaken
replenish
restitute
reestablish
regain
service
smarten up
technologize
brighten up
re-establish
revolutionise
UK
energize
US
brace
reinstate
reactivate
uplift
strengthen
prompt
prod
remaster
rectify
adapt
furbish
energise
UK
bring around
give something a facelift
gussy up
pep up
freshen up
wake up
bring back
give a shot in the arm to
buck up
change
adjust
reindustrialize
gentrify
fortify
cheer
reequip
patch up
help
do
enkindle
rally
arouse
rouse
awaken
redeem
brighten
encourage
relieve
brush up
make good
salvage
clean up
give a boost to
give new life to
set right
get into shape
put new life into
make whole
pimp out
put some spark into
bounce back
give a new look to
pimp up
give new strength to
rescue
re-create
recycle
upcycle
vamp
reinforce
reinstall
digitally remaster
reproduce
restart
produce
reerect
ameliorate
give a shot in the arm
change radically
raise from the dead
go over
convert
meliorate
put new heart into
make younger
reclaim
make young again
add some zest to
make someone feel young again
restore vitality to
give face lift to
return to a former position
give a facelift to
return to a former state
put back into its original condition
refine
enrich
perfect
make fit for use
customize
US
alter
maintain
realign
fettle
customise
UK
rearrange
modify
tune up
bolster
shake up
fine tune
make better
add to
reinvent
cool down
blow away the cobwebs
perk up
top up
give facelift
fiddle with
re-energize
give a new lease on life
build up
get going again
bring back to life
prop up
recast
tweak
redraw
cool
jog
make alterations
drag into the twenty-first century
march into the twenty-first century
make changes
lead into the twenty-first century
get up to date
get with it
move with the times
get in the swim
get on the ball
drag oneself into the twenty-first century
break with the past
cleanse
retrieve
clean
more ❯
“The book lauds quartermaster-general Alexander Lawton's efforts to
rationalize
the procurement process.”
Verb
▲
To reorganize (a process or system) by removing redundancies
reduce
trim
downsize
prune
streamline
scale down
cut back on
slim down
scale back
retrench on
make cutbacks in
make cuts in
reduce wastage in
make economies in
cut
decrease
cut back
cut down
lessen
diminish
retrench
slash
axe
UK
economize on
lower
ax
US
salami-slice
slim
pare down
whittle away
abate
downscale
ease
dwindle
drop
deplete
shrink
curtail
dent
deduct
economize
US
economise
UK
de-escalate
trim away
roll down
budget cut
knock down
phase out
roll back
step down
phase down
tune down
restrict
limit
discount
slenderize
mark down
cut down on
ease up on
rationalise
UK
contract
shorten
truncate
moderate
minimize
US
minimise
UK
condense
clip
compress
curb
weaken
crop
narrow
taper
dock
quell
chop
depreciate
abbreviate
abridge
cut short
decrement
wind down
snip
tail off
deflate
constrict
decline
lop
fall
elide
lighten
wane
depress
subside
syncopate
ebb
temper
attenuate
sink
concentrate
boil down
make smaller
tone down
drop off
peter out
grow smaller
become smaller
fall away
let up
ratchet down
impair
relent
recede
shrivel
telescope
slacken
dial down
make less
get shorter
waste away
decrease in size
reduce in size
die away
get smaller
taper off
ease off
die down
die out
grow less
degrade
mitigate
bob
blunt
fade
alleviate
dilute
check
plummet
plunge
slump
allay
restrain
dampen
pare
erode
squeeze
remit
devaluate
downgrade
assuage
subdue
excerpt
shave
slow
wither
pall
whittle down
turn down
run down
wear away
wear down
fall off
make shorter
take up
cut to the bone
bring down
slacken off
turn up
drain away
epitomize
US
epitomise
UK
decimate
release
drain
foreshorten
make reductions in
deteriorate
undermine
sap
break
devalue
cheapen
quieten
disengage
contain
disempower
slide
abstract
undervalue
demote
relieve
deaden
defuse
come to an end
become weaker
slow down
make fewer
mollify
relax
synopsize
digest
summarize
US
dip
dive
palliate
mute
damp
soften
muffle
cause to fall
write down
write off
grow shorter
slake
make weaker
abase
squelch
smother
cushion
soothe
stifle
dull
lop off
go down
take the heat off
damp down
disappear
round down
shear
take the bite out
take the sting out
take the edge off
put a damper on
summarise
UK
take a dive
hit the floor
cut off
calm down
rachet down
drop away
keep down
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
tighten
put in a nutshell
blue pencil
settle
run low
become less
minify
inhibit
halt
cramp
control
rein in
tighten up
break off
put the brakes on
put a restriction on
rein back
put a limit on
hold back
more ❯
“Initial moves were made to
rationalize
the workforce levels in two public sector departments.”
Verb
▲
To minimize or moderate the seriousness of (an offense)
palliate
downplay
minimise
UK
minimize
US
whitewash
mitigate
extenuate
lessen
sugarcoat
qualify
prettify
play down
de-emphasize
make light of
tone down
soft-pedal
soften up
understate
justify
gloss over
explain away
brush something under the carpet
gild the pill
sugarcoat the pill
cover up
candy-coat
belie
gloss
varnish
brush aside
smooth over
gloze over
shrug off
rationalise
UK
moderate
underplay
underemphasize
shush
blue-pencil
hush-hush
euphemize
subdue
put on the soft pedal
mince words
set no store by
set little store by
go easy
make little of
make nothing of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To organize something again, or in a different manner
reorganise
UK
reorganize
US
rearrange
reshuffle
restructure
adjust
alter
change
overhaul
recast
reconstruct
redeploy
refashion
reorder
reschedule
reshape
transform
rebuild
regroup
rejig
reorient
revamp
revise
shake up
spring-clean
make adjustments to
make alterations to
change around
move around
sort out
tidy up
redistribute
reallocate
interchange
transfer
realign
shuffle
jigger
change the line-up of
rationalise
UK
modify
amend
adapt
rework
vary
convert
remodel
redo
redesign
improve
restyle
tweak
refine
remake
remould
UK
tailor
reorientate
remold
US
make over
reform
customize
US
renovate
doctor
evolve
edit
customise
UK
recalibrate
metamorphose
transmute
correct
transfigure
mutate
revolutionize
US
readjust
permute
shift
develop
reconstitute
revolutionise
UK
regulate
fashion
mold
US
permutate
morph
modulate
retool
turn
rectify
regenerate
transpose
reconfigure
mould
UK
rejigger
replace
upgrade
translate
rehash
reconcile
retract
reverse
switch
diversify
tune
redraft
tamper with
flip-flop on
make changes to
change gears on
yo-yo on
make different
repair
transmogrify
shape
rehabilitate
renew
transition
update
redevelop
temper
recondition
shift gears
switch over
moderate
grow
metastasize
move
metamorphize
warp
cook
segue
affect
commute
freshen up
transmutate
turn around
make innovations
dial back
phony up
swing
make improvements to
flip-flop
substitute
vacillate
swap
veer
reinvent
better
mend
do over
set
reset
control
ameliorate
fit
suit
qualify
square
condition
correct mid-course
fine tune
emend
restore
fine-tune
prepare
bend
remedy
uplift
reclaim
alternate
cure
modernise
UK
resolve
modernize
US
debug
put
make
tamper
emendate
rewrite
review
order
remix
redress
become different
arrange
reword
make better
bring up to code
red-pencil
row back
about-face
do a U-turn on
eat your words
do an about-turn on
manipulate
distort
pervert
forge
fudge
rig
falsify
fake
disguise
fiddle
massage
interfere with
fiddle with
mess about with
misrepresent
trump up
tinker with
meddle with
transubstantiate
alchemize
diverge
fix
metamorphosize
transmorph
denature
refit
refurbish
stir up
change completely
turn upside down
turn over new leaf
turn the tables
turn the corner
fix up
sing different tune
do up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To arrange into groups or into a systematic order
systematise
UK
systematize
US
order
arrange
organise
UK
organize
US
range
classify
dispose
array
marshal
UK
methodize
regulate
codify
marshall
US
systemize
sequence
standardise
UK
standardize
US
categorise
UK
categorize
US
tabulate
draught
UK
draft
US
outline
structure
schematize
contrive
design
devise
establish
frame
institute
plan
lay out
set out
draw up
put in order
sort out
project
make uniform
straighten up
pull together
shape up
tighten up
rank
position
align
distribute
triage
space
clarify
line up
set in order
set into position
put into position
rationalise
UK
group
place
sort
file
assemble
class
catalogue
UK
catalog
US
grade
form
assort
separate
pigeonhole
peg
compartmentalize
US
relegate
compartment
distinguish
compartmentalise
UK
break down
type
index
list
digest
adjust
fix
collocate
regiment
bracket
line
coordinate
assign
settle
rate
designate
allineate
typecast
manage
spread out
put together
divide
formulate
gather
compile
orient
muster
combine
construct
shape
control
adapt
set
tailor
straighten
pattern
tidy
prioritize
US
compose
locate
prioritise
UK
straighten out
prepare
label
split up
tab
size up
put down as
button down
deploy
stage
queue
stagger
ordinate
stand
size
concoct
graduate
seat
exhibit
bias
pick
select
shepherd
present
pose
display
place in formation
put in line
neaten
streamline
choreograph
administrate
place in order
set forth
normalise
UK
regularize
US
regularise
UK
normalize
US
alphabetize
formalise
UK
conduct
police
spruce
set up
put
set in line
right
formalize
US
balance
brand
regroup
focus
organize systematically
colligate
subcategorize
portion
reclassify
recategorize
tag
bring together
form up
estimate
judge
put down for
evaluate
valuate
include
regard
value
situate
work out
map out
chart
summarize
US
phase
direct
put out
spruce up
even
collate
log
condense
collect
put away
put to rights
summarise
UK
code
bring into line
even up
make parallel
put in rows
arrange in line
make straight
put in columns
make even
gather together
constitute
mould
UK
fit
consolidate
inventory
correlate
harmonize
US
fashion
mold
US
harmonise
UK
curate
put straight
knock into shape
lick into shape
whip into shape
more ❯
Verb
▲
To urge someone to do something
beckon
urge
prompt
goad
encourage
enjoin
entreat
exhort
push
beseech
implore
press
request
ask
prod
solicit
spur
call
demand
compel
influence
bid
importune
badger
coax
induce
instigate
incite
inspire
promote
tempt
persuade
command
summon
invite
beg
plead
admonish
adjure
pressurize
US
dragoon
constrain
pressure
insist
appeal
nag
maneuver
US
propel
sanction
manoeuvre
UK
nudge
move
propose
stimulate
wheedle
push for
advance
fire up
pressurise
UK
appeal to
put up to
bulldoze into
psych up
put the heat on
prevail on
use pressure on
put the screws on
call on
insist on
lean on
charge
try to persuade
put pressure on
commend
railroad into
twist someone's arm
egg on
conjure
countenance
rationalise
UK
petition
supplicate
pray
impetrate
besiege
advocate
advise
recommend
order
seek
plead with
counsel
plead to
sue
requisition
crave
obsecrate
call for
lobby
press for
caution
call upon
require
apply to
pester
direct
tell
suggest
obtest
invoke
exact
expect
ask for
instruct
campaign for
quest
pray to
submit
warn
champion
claim
campaign
clamour
UK
clamor
US
clamour for
prescribe
lobby for
put in for
ask earnestly
forewarn
stipulate for
clamor for
present
lodge
drive
guide
hound
harass
crusade
dictate
stipulate
hassle
proposition
desire
impel
apply
strongly recommend
sell
speak for
drum
sell one on
bug
oblige
put forward
contest
go on bended knee
drum up support
force
request earnestly
appeal for
ask authoritatively
badger for
beg for
pester for
ask brusquely
nag for
bay for
petition for
cajole
jog
sponsor
prick
hustle
goose
bother
expedite
invocate
plague
crave of
espouse
work for
inspan
work on
motivate
bay
pursue
challenge
harry
refer
beset
make a plea to
present one's suit to
cry for
key up
speed up
enquire
UK
inquire
US
pour it on
mither
address
tender
file for
count on
look for
make a claim
ask forcefully
turn on
drum up support for
forcefully suggest
recommend forcefully
request urgently
ask urgently
file
prefer
pray for
lay claim to
arrogate
whistle for
coerce
inquire about
apply for
hit up
hold out for
sue for
dun
make an urgent request
hit on
resort to
make a plea
make an earnest request
place
raise
lay
ordain
decree
mandate
need
necessitate
task
want
battle
struggle
work
agitate
fight
authorize
US
appoint
subpoena
rule
authorise
UK
strive
propagandize
US
boost
back
call the shots
give the command to
give orders to
put your foot down
boss around
give orders
force upon
lay down the law
impose on
give the order to
give directions
bark
canvass
canvas
spiel
sway
barnstorm
propagandise
UK
advance insistently
call to
drum up
tout
contend for
speak
soft-sell
soft-soap
pitch
sweet-talk
procure
politick
hype
thump
plug
hard sell
high pressure
sway opinion
build up
apply pressure
bring pressure to bear on
press your case
solicit votes
seek to influence
exert influence
try to influence
pull strings
argue in favour of
plead in favour of
make a pitch for
bring pressure to bear
speak in favour of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To regard something as being caused by
attribute
ascribe
credit
accredit
impute
assign
allocate
allot
apply
blame
rationalise
UK
charge
explain
lay
refer
trace
account for
associate
chalk up
connect
explain away
put down
reference
associate with
chalk up to
connect with
hold responsible for
put down to
set down
set down to
fix upon
hang on
hold responsible
lay on
pin on
place on
stick on
lay at the door of
blame on
attach
stick
ascribe to
give the credit for
impose
pin
fix
hang something on
give credit
attribute to
charge to
refer to
lay the blame
lay at one's door
reattribute
consign
put
designate
bestow
award
accord
confer
earmark
recognise
UK
recognize
US
trace to
recognize as
credit with
invest with
put on
receive the credit for
be given the credit for
have something attributed to one
have something ascribed to one
more ❯
Verb
▲
To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner
cop out
bypass
escape
sidestep
avoid
dodge
duck
evade
shirk
shrink from
skip
skirt round
skive
abandon
backpedal
bilk
cut
decline
desert
duck-shove
excuse
funk
quit
rationalise
UK
renege
renounce
revoke
run away from
skive off
steer clear of
welsh
withdraw
back down
back off
back out
back out of
duck out of
get out
get out of
have alibi
pull out of
slide out of
use pretext
weasel out
wriggle out of
give the slip
fink out
cop-out
go back on
elude
shake
scape
finesse
weasel out of
get around
shuffle out of
shake off
shun
cop out of
escape from
lose
eschew
skirt
circumvent
flee
give the slip to
neglect
shy from
ditch
shuck
outrun
body-swerve
stay shy of
slip through the net of
run from
stay away from
fend off
fly
give the runaround
break away from
turn back on
get away from
pay no attention to
give a wide berth
shy
leave behind
slip away from
slip
find a way out of
find a way round
give a wide berth to
frustrate
double
get away
be beyond
throw off the scent
slip through the net
run around
foil
outwit
thwart
slip through your fingers
miss
cheat
parry
fence
forget
dog
bludge
slough off
leave something undone
lose sight of
play truant from
be lax about
not attend
not attend to
pay little attention to
skimp on
let something slide
be remiss about
lie down on job
shuffle off
take fright
baulk at
chicken out of
turn tail
recoil from
wuss out
flinch from
balk
US
baffle
lead on a merry chase
sneak away
baulk
UK
escape the clutches of
end-run
slip out
keep your distance
brush off
discount
dance around
disregard
ignore
overlook
pussyfoot around
tergiversate
dispense with
keep one's distance from
be oblivious to
turn your back on
lay low from
pay no mind
unmind
unheed
turn a blind eye to
tune out
shirk from
keep off
take no notice of
pay no heed to
go around
more ❯
Verb
▲
To clear of or to free from guilt
exculpate
absolve
clear
acquit
exonerate
free
vindicate
discharge
dismiss
excuse
justify
release
pardon
amnesty
condone
disculpate
explain
forgive
rationalise
UK
remit
let off
wipe slate clean
exempt
liberate
let off the hook
whitewash
deliver
let go
spare
reprieve
set free
relieve
declare innocent
forgive and forget
emancipate
overlook
find innocent
go easy on
make allowances for
warrant
sanitize
US
sanitise
UK
spring
pronounce not guilty
wink at
blink at
extenuate
palliate
let off easy
pity
look the other way
deal leniently with
have mercy on
be merciful to
find not guilty
let it go
let bygones be bygones
make excuses for
apologize for
turn other cheek
grant an amnesty to
bear no malice towards
explain away
redeem
disburden
dispense
rehabilitate
let off hook
assoil
disembarrass
untangle
show forgiveness
show mercy to
be lenient to
be lenient on
free from blame
accept
grandfather
discount
except
grant immunity
give immunity
wipe the slate
make exempt
make allowance for
let someone off with
let it go by
let something ride
gloze
gloze over
deodorise
UK
deodorize
US
manumit
uncage
unchain
unbind
unfetter
unguilt
disenthrall
disenthral
enfranchise
shrive
disimprison
enlarge
unshackle
loose
let out
give absolution
pass over
grant amnesty
take rap for
allow to go
allow to leave
let loose
send away
turn loose
set loose
support
legitimize
US
licence
US
merit
license
UK
write off
authorize
US
qualify
permit
wipe the slate clean
accept apology
stop feeling malice towards
feel no malice towards
harbour no grudge against
feel no resentment towards
bear no malice
bury the hatchet with
not hold something against
think no more of
turn a blind eye to
bury the hatchet
kiss and make up
stop feeling resentful towards
turn a deaf ear to
be grounds for
legitimise
UK
authorise
UK
defend
cover for
say in defense
give the rationale behind
argue for
prove a case
make a case for
speak on behalf of
plead for
give an apologia for
give reasons for
speak for
speak in support of
be good reason for
be a reason for
offer grounds for
be a justification for
call for
be a defence of
entitle one to
extricate
disengage
disentangle
disencumber
cut loose
bail out
save
unleash
rescue
disembroil
untie
disconnect
separate
remove
unmanacle
ransom
bail
put on the street
set at liberty
cast loose
unsnag
disinvolve
befree
unloose
free up
decouple
disentwine
ease
expel
immune
unclick
unyoke
set at large
take out
parole
unbridle
cut out
loosen
affranchise
demobilize
US
unlock
demobilise
UK
protect
free from restraint
free from restriction
turn out
give rights to
get out
safeguard
privilege
sever
get off the hook
get oneself off the hook
get out from under
wriggle out of
extract
discumber
unburden
rid
resign
divest
pull
yank
mitigate
pretext
sanction
deliver from
disburden of
free of
extricate from
get rid of
save from
absolve from
rescue from
exempt from
disembarrass of
disencumber of
free from
excuse from
liberate from
release from
remove blame
unburden of
boot out
set free from
discharge from
provide a justification for
cover
appease
provide an explanation for
alibi
more ❯
Verb
▲
To comment or pass judgment on issues from a moral standpoint
moralise
UK
moralize
US
lecture
preach
preachify
sermonise
UK
sermonize
US
pontificate
pontify
teach
ethicize
edify
advise
criticise
UK
criticize
US
philosophise
UK
philosophize
US
theorise
UK
theorize
US
pass judgment
rationalise
UK
admonish
evangelize
US
harangue
evangelise
UK
hold forth
expound
declaim
dogmatize
spout
pronounce
pulpiteer
spiel
perorate
address
minister
expatiate
spout off
give sermon
mouth off
get on a soapbox
sound off
go on
express one's opinion
lay down the law
Verb
▲
To help to clarify or explain
illuminate
clarify
explain
elucidate
edify
explicate
expound
interpret
demystify
educate
construe
enlighten
reveal
unriddle
define
demonstrate
illumine
rationalise
UK
simplify
express
inform
instruct
clear up
spell out
get across
make clear
give insight
make explicit
give insight into
shed light on
cast light on
put in the picture
illustrate
make plain
unravel
illume
nurture
describe
unfold
inspire
resolve
decipher
delineate
untangle
sort out
straighten out
throw light on
lay out
break down
put across
translate
point out
exemplify
detail
decode
clear
disclose
unscramble
teach
make perfectly clear
develop
guide
answer
show
communicate
annotate
tell
characterize
US
bring home
characterise
UK
give an explanation of
work out
indoctrinate
tutor
get to the bottom of
flesh out
go into detail
give the details of
make intelligible
put in plain English
make obvious
inculcate
emphasize
US
expand
enucleate
analyze
US
convey
analyse
UK
specify
emphasise
UK
gloss
solve
figure out
uncover
expose
fathom
comment on
understand
diagram
explain in detail
shed light
run over
clear the air
crystallize
US
crystallise
UK
make easy
draw a picture
puzzle out
make easier
clean up
boil down
make straightforward
draw a picture of
make easier to understand
make more comprehensible
make more intelligible
piece together
put into words
break it down
make understood
spell it out
lay bare
get over
get to the meat
disentangle
make simpler
make head or tail of
express in words
put in plain words
render
catechize
unjumble
comprehend
account for
reason
summarize
US
expatiate
abridge
reconcile
amplify
reduce
dilate
appraise
criticize
US
settle
summarise
UK
allegorize
mark
proclaim
criticise
UK
give details
ram home
shed light upon
impart
justify
formulate
sum up
put two and two together
make plausible
make reasonable
explicitize
US
show and tell
point up
cut the frills
put in a nutshell
cut down
reduce to the bare bones
get down to basics
exhibit
discuss
declare
set the scene
enunciate
defog
paint a picture
report
brief
explain in simple terms
clue in
throw light upon
draw a map of
fill someone in
explicitise
UK
highlight
run down
enlarge upon
tell why
give the big picture
put into plain English
get through
pass on
put over
transmit
clear the air about
get something straight
crack
underline
make simple
prove
shed
school
train
coach
remove the complexities from
find an answer to
suss out
make plainer
find the key to
find the answer to
find the solution to
find a solution to
disinvolve
popularize
US
improve
popularise
UK
expound on
straighten up
make see daylight
cultivate
better
uplift
make more accessible
make easy to understand
put one straight
let daylight in
hit the high spots
dumb down
let sunlight in
clean it up
elevate
state
announce
make known
elaborate
divulge
say
utter
air
pronounce
outline
affirm
assert
put forward
particularize
US
articulate
relate
particularise
UK
mention
remark
verbalize
US
present
relay
note
talk about
expatiate on
verbalise
UK
speak about
publicize
US
advertise
advertize
extend upon
go into detail on
add detail to
add flesh to
publicise
UK
go on about
put flesh on the bones of
come out with
bring out
portray
recount
recite
break
voice
narrate
work
publish
exclaim
promulgate
denote
put forth
opine
profess
broadcast
attest
speak
ascertain
vouch
argue
sound
sew up
interpose
expand on
indicate
frame
pipe up with
weigh in
predicate
confess
admit
phrase
interject
vent
discover
dope out
patch up
evince
address
deliver
testify
suggest
purport
set forth
riddle out
make out
give utterance to
pass
get off
give voice to
discourse
paraphrase
disembroil
go into detail about
dissect
anatomize
clinch
observe
reflect
irradiate
add a commentary to
design
lick
explain to
animadvert
allow
fix
rectify
add
chip in
editorialise
UK
comment
editorialize
US
do into
state in layman's language
put right
set right
deal with
throw in
put in two cents
contribute
propound
sort
put to rights
iron out
have a say
blare
post
ventilate
placard
release
herald
table
raise
flash
blazon
trumpet
annunciate
blaze
thrash out
hammer out
enlarge on
preach
submit
suss
penetrate
give out
give expression to
lay down
postulate
talk
display
term
cite
vocalize
US
depict
represent
denominate
character
acknowledge
establish
confirm
claim
give an account of
set out
label
formalize
US
name
determine
allege
asseverate
press
intimate
word
let on
identify
assign
etch
formalise
UK
dub
entitle
stipulate
designate
tag
elaborate on
corroborate
verify
offer
mutter
contend
protest
propose
spout
blurt
plead
chatter
repeat
cry
maintain
shout
enounce
spill
avouch
mouth
aver
orate
mumble
put
imply
state precisely
ratify
validate
support
back up
substantiate
bear witness
uphold
quote
retell
chirp
signal
perorate
rehearse
make public
swear
reel off
modulate
yammer
intone
pipe
read
blab
give away
spiel
soliloquize
vocalise
UK
whisper
throw out
drawl
jaw
yak
regurgitate
lip
gab
gas
stress
sound out
murmur
pop off
declaim
nail it down
lay it out
call a spade a spade
give the meaning of
showcase
register
evidence
circumstantiate
reinforce
certify
bear out
project
endorse
prescribe
point
submit proof
authenticate
adduce
give substance to the fact that
witness to the fact that
go to show
manifest
witness
flag up
document
submit evidence
make evident
testify to
establish evidence
produce evidence
demonstrate the truth
produce proof
sustain
show beyond doubt
more ❯
Verb
▲
To simplify something (by removing the complexities from)
simplify
streamline
disentangle
unravel
untangle
declutter
make plainer
make simple
make simpler
make easier to do
make easy to do
remove the complexities from
cut the frills
reduce to essentials
get down to basics
reduce to the bare bones
make easier
make straightforward
organize
US
organise
UK
rationalise
UK
make more comprehensible
make easier to understand
demystify
solve
decipher
resolve
crack
clarify
explain
elucidate
answer
expound
illuminate
unfold
fathom
understand
puzzle out
find the key to
piece together
sort out
work out
make more intelligible
make head or tail of
find the answer to
clear up
find the solution to
get to the bottom of
figure out
straighten out
find an answer to
find a solution to
suss out
Verb
▲
To make sense of various (separate) pieces of information
piece together
understand
comprehend
decipher
grasp
decode
follow
get
work out
make sense of
figure out
piece out
restore
reconstruct
rationalise
UK
solve
crack
make head or tail of
reason out
find the key to
get to the bottom of
untangle
suss out
think out
puzzle out
unravel
sort out
think through
puzzle
work something out
find an answer to
find a solution to
Verb
▲
To believe, based on information
understand
believe
accept
consider
assume
expect
gather
surmise
concede
conclude
deduce
guess
imagine
infer
learn
presume
reckon
suppose
extrapolate
hear
reason
speculate
suspect
think
anticipate
conceive
conjecture
construe
count on
detect
determine
estimate
postulate
project
compute
discover
draw the inference
fancy
forecast
foretell
hypothesise
UK
hypothesize
US
notice
presuppose
rationalise
UK
take for granted
take it
valuate
ascertain
be given to understand
be informed
be led to believe
come to the conclusion
contextualise
UK
contextualize
US
decide
deem
derive
dope out
feel for
glean
hear tell
judge
philosophise
UK
philosophize
US
predict
stumble on
work out
contemplate
differentiate
foresee
posit
see the light
see through
take on board
take something on board
tell
count
figure
feel
make out
theorize
US
esteem
opine
take
theorise
UK
make
divine
hold
be of the opinion
daresay
have a hunch
sense
intuit
regard
dare say
draw
be afraid
see
view
allow
ween
analyze
US
calculate
comprehend
analyse
UK
gauge
UK
discern
perceive
figure out
gage
US
suspicion
evaluate
apprehend
appraise
interpret
hazard a guess
realize
US
predicate
adjudge
realise
UK
take as read
collect
trust
take it as given
say
cogitate
premise
find
ratiocinate
envision
pretend
assess
suggest
appreciate
guesstimate
foreknow
have sneaking suspicion
be of the view
sum up
read
induce
extract
maintain
credit
educe
rate
suss
evolve
develop
draw a conclusion
grasp
fathom
take to mean
suss out
decipher
call
draw conclusions
come to understand
dream
approximate
resolve
dare-say
read into
recognize
US
venture
savvy
cognize
recognise
UK
place
tumble to
add up
boil down
arrive at
know
twig
envisage
weigh
swear by
excogitate
regard as
see as
have a sneaking suspicion
take stock in
take a stab
take a shot
class as
look on as
have a feeling
catch on to
take to be
be inclined to think
think it likely
take as gospel truth
see something coming
size up
prognosticate
think likely
cotton on to
look at
take something read
hypotheticate
grant
look upon
compass
establish
repute
take something as given
take something for granted
solve
evoke
generalize
US
generalise
UK
syllogize
rank
distinguish
class
see ahead
parse
observe
note
make an educated guess
put
value
see it
bank on
be of the opinion that
take it for granted
be under the impression
take it as read
soothsay
prophesy
predetermine
theorize that
think it likely that
postulate that
weigh up
grok
register
dig
assimilate
decode
get the idea
count upon
fall for
draw inference
reach conclusion
fear
come to the conclusion that
rank as
rate as
form the opinion
read between lines
disbelieve
put two and two together
propound
read between the lines
submit
advance
have a suspicion
elicit
think it probable
reach
formulate
trace
have a foreboding
think probable
have a sneaking feeling
harbor suspicion
state
assert
bargain for
be convinced
plan on
have an idea
propose
figure it to be
put together
hazard
risk assuming
venture a guess
frame
pose
put forward
prevision
get
imply
forefeel
set forth
deduct
pick
visualise
UK
visualize
US
take as a hypothesis
set
angle
go out on a limb
take a shot at
form an opinion of
latch on to
take a stab at
make a guess at
cook up
have a sneaking suspicion of
get the picture
pick out
dream up
make an estimate of
jump to a conclusion
account
think about
put into perspective
position
hold to be
take for
view as
interpret as
estimate as
set store by
ponder
conceive to be
believe to be
feel to be
calculate to be
imagine to be
reflect
deliberate
ruminate
dwell
debate
meditate
brainstorm
examine
intellectualise
UK
mind
wonder
stew
concentrate
study
brood
muse
process
rack brains
noodle around
use one's head
be lost in thought
lucubrate
perpend
sleep on it
cudgel your brains
put on thinking cap
mull
sort out
ideate
logicalize
cerebrate
puzzle over
intellectualize
US
chew
be in a brown study
hypothecate
acquire
gain
receive
obtain
rely
procure
depend
attain
pick up
have the feeling
contend
earn
win
have
secure
land
be of the conviction
score
achieve
picture
net
bag
snag
aver
adopt
bet
come by
hold that
have an idea that
reckon on
prejudge
call it
call the turn
jump to conclusions
bargain
be given
head trip
hope
claim
offer
form a theory
formulate a theory
admit
make believe
take as fact
acknowledge
form opinion
have as one's opinion
jump the gun
take something at face value
be confident
consider it right
strongly believe
take as granted
adjudicate
regard as likely
lean
accomplish
conceit
give opinion
be certain
be sure
express an opinion
pass judgment
bank
fantasize
US
swear
rule
image
vision
buy
preconceive
be prepared
fantasy
fantasise
UK
conjure
feature
create
experience
take the view
cross heart
lay money on
set down
swear up and down
lap up
subscribe to the opinion
bet one's bottom dollar
entertain the idea
grab
dope
figure on
depend on
rely on
conjure up
scoop
reap
consummate
think up
trump up
think it conceivable
undergo
make suppositions
kick around
come away with
rack up
cop
walk away with
walk off with
be presented with
bring in
carry off
be awarded
encounter
pipe-dream
have conferred on one
build castles in air
psych out
make guesses
run it up flagpole
beat one's brains
face
forejudge
form
come into contact with
partake in
cultivate
nab
accrue
breed
engage in
prejudicate
come into
undertake
take to
take in
embrace
take up
nurture
sustain
take on
judge prematurely
make a hasty assessment about
jump to conclusions about
require
entail
necessitate
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have as a precondition
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To move administration or power to a single, central authority
centralize
US
unify
consolidate
concentrate
amalgamate
incorporate
condense
converge
focus
streamline
cluster
compact
unite
assemble
center
US
centre
UK
collect
concenter
US
concentre
UK
merge
organise
UK
organize
US
rationalise
UK
bring under one roof
combine
bring together
join
integrate
gather
fuse
focalize
marry
amass
blend
meet
coalesce
synthesize
US
connect
mix
bind
conjoin
pool
band
synthesise
UK
draw together
unitize
compound
mingle
concatenate
meld
affiliate
bunch up
intensify
medialize
bring to a focus
accumulate
convene
corral
group
accrete
forgather
constellate
lump
foregather
congest
crowd
pile
bunch
localize
US
mass
aggregate
heap
agglomerate
conglomerate
localise
UK
bulk up
round up
zero in
stack up
heap up
come together
build up
pile up
couple
associate
conjugate
federate
interfuse
link
wed
gather together
link up
become one
weld together
join together
centralise
UK
homogenize
US
commingle
homogenise
UK
intermix
intermingle
commix
conflate
comingle
composite
immix
immingle
bond
attach
knit
yoke
alloy
put together
weld
emulsify
ally
interweave
concrete
fold in
tie
jumble
splice
glue
cement
admix
get together
network
pull together
affix
knit together
assimilate
league
pair
fasten
stick
stir
mesh
team
absorb
subsume
cohere
blunge
interpenetrate
add
bracket
join up
interface
tie up
lump together
tie in
rally
secure
collaborate
align
cooperate
hitch
bridge
interconnect
fix
interlace
whisk
melt
lock
harmonize
US
confederate
suffuse
accommodate
clamp
weave
entwine
relate
adhere
paste
premix
interflow
harmonise
UK
embody
interblend
add to
join forces
band together
team up
form an alliance
form an association
club together
pool resources
gang up
go into partnership
make fast
mix up
go into league
hitch on
work together
throw in together
tack on
stick together
match up
hook up
adjoin
solder
intertwine
correlate
embed
dub
fold
bleed
gel
seal
cleave
cling
include
concord
gum
braze
embrace
coact
imbibe
form
cojoin
cofunction
club
tether
mobilize
US
resolve
reconcile
join to
repair
group together
melt into one another
run into one another
fade into one another
moor
strengthen
solidify
agglutinate
coadjute
add in
slot in
fit in
take in
co-opt
branch
hook in
slip in
hold together
fasten together
pin
coordinate
desegregate
symphonize
cross
marshal
UK
work in partnership
work closely
act as a team
work jointly
make one
overcome
straddle
muster
melt into
run into
hybridize
US
hook on
pin down
yoke together
peg down
shuffle
mobilise
UK
marshall
US
intersperse
close ranks
interbreed
transfuse
knead
hybridise
UK
infuse
braid
tangle
tie together
hang together
work in
shift around
cross-breed
stir together
match
annex
US
append
interlink
chain
catenate
string
hook
leash
lash
clasp
juxtapose
dovetail
mate
annexe
UK
flock together
throw in one's lot
act together
tag on
slap on
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