Synonyms for clarify
ˈklær əˌfaɪclar·i·fy

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1. clarify, clear up, elucidateverb

   make clear and (more) comprehensible

   "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

   Synonyms:
   brighten, get through, enlighten, crystalize, clear up, crystalise, elucidate, illuminate, crystallize, sort out, polish off, clear, wrap up, mop up, finish up, crystallise, light up, finish off, straighten out, shed light on

   Antonyms:
   obfuscate

2. clarifyverb

   make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating

   "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"

   Synonyms:
   elucidate, clear up

   Antonyms:
   obfuscate

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1. clarifyverb

   Synonyms:
   purify, clear, make clear

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1. List of paraphrases for "clarify":

   clarifying, clarification, specify, elucidate, explain, clarified, clarifies, elucidation, clarity, clear, indicate, refine

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1. John Kerry:

   There are now opportunities for foreign banks to do business with Iran ... Unfortunately there seems to be some confusion among some foreign banks and we want to try and clarify that.

2. Scott Walker on Sunday:

   But the one thing that I do want to clarify is I do think that there is some real frustration out there, it's way you not only see his numbers up, you see some of the other candidates who have not run for office before. They're angry at Washington. Heck, I'm angry at Washington. I'm angry at my own -- my own party leadership, who told us they were going to repeal Obamacare and we still don't see a bill on the desk of the President. I think that's where the real frustration is.

3. Suzanne Lydon:

   She's very thoughtful, des Moines's done a tremendous amount of work to clarify Des Moines policy goals. Des Moines's done more work to back up those plans than a lot of other Democratic candidates.

4. David Long:

   It is not the intent of the law to discriminate against anyone and it will not be allowed to discriminate against anyone, to the extent that we need to clarify through legislative action that this law does not and will not be allowed to discriminate against anyone, we plan to do just that.

5. Colin Goddard:

   Seeing the breaking news of yet another campus shooting jolts me back to my own experience at Virginia Tech, america is the only developed country where, when someone asks if you heard about the campus shooting, you have to clarify which one.