Synonyms for interpret
ɪnˈtɜr prɪtin·ter·pret

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1. interpretverb

   Synonyms:
   solve, translate, explain, expound, elucidate, render, unfold, decipher, unravel

2. interpretverb

   To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech.

   Synonyms:
   elucidate, expound, unravel, unfold, translate, render, decipher, solve, explain

3. interpretverb

   To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation; as, an actor interprets the character of Hamlet; a musician interprets a sonata; an artist interprets a landscape.

   Synonyms:
   explain, unravel, decipher, unfold, elucidate, render, translate, expound, solve

4. interpretverb

   To act as an interpreter.

   Synonyms:
   elucidate, translate, decipher, render, unfold, expound, solve, explain, unravel

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. interpret

   Synonyms:
   translate, render, construe, explain, expound, expone, represent, declare, understand, elucidate, decipher, solve

   Antonyms:
   misinterpret, misunderstand, mistake, misconceive, falsify, distort, misdeclare, misrepresent

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.8 / 5 votes

1. interpret, construe, seeverb

   make sense of; assign a meaning to

   "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

   Synonyms:
   date, take in, figure, experience, go out, look, reckon, go through, read, run across, find, view, go steady, get word, meet, examine, construe, rede, determine, see, find out, see to it, fancy, picture, translate, visualize, realise, control, encounter, escort, learn, envision, watch, run into, represent, render, assure, come across, understand, get a line, image, take care, witness, get wind, ensure, attend, pick up, regard, ascertain, catch, visualise, consider, hear, realize, project, visit, discover, insure, check

2. rede, interpretverb

   give an interpretation or explanation to

   Synonyms:
   see, translate, read, counsel, understand, advise, render, construe, rede, represent

3. interpret, renderverb

   give an interpretation or rendition of

   "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"

   Synonyms:
   furnish, construe, deliver, represent, give, fork out, rede, turn in, try, fork up, hand over, translate, supply, picture, fork over, depict, show, generate, return, understand, provide, read, yield, render, see, submit

4. represent, interpretverb

   create an image or likeness of

   "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"

   Synonyms:
   stage, act, construe, typify, play, be, represent, stand for, lay out, rede, defend, comprise, symbolise, translate, map, exemplify, present, understand, make up, correspond, read, symbolize, render, see, constitute

5. translate, interpret, renderverb

   restate (words) from one language into another language

   "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."

   Synonyms:
   furnish, construe, deliver, represent, transform, give, fork out, rede, turn in, try, fork up, hand over, translate, supply, picture, fork over, depict, show, generate, return, understand, provide, read, yield, render, see, submit

6. understand, read, interpret, translateverb

   make sense of a language

   "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

   Synonyms:
   construe, infer, scan, say, represent, sympathise, transform, show, empathize, rede, register, learn, sympathize, translate, study, record, empathise, take, realise, read, realize, render, see, understand

Matched Categories

1. • Art
   • Perform
   • Performing Arts
   • Re-create
   • Understand

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1. interpretverb

   Synonyms:
   explain, expound, decipher, elucidate, unfold, define, make out, make clear, explain the meaning of

2. interpretverb

   Synonyms:
   construe, translate, render

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1. interpretverb

   Synonyms:
   construe, translate, render

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1. List of paraphrases for "interpret":

   interpreting, interpretation, construe, explain

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How to use interpret in a sentence?

1. James Dean:

   To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.

2. Paul Rowley:

   [ People with dementia ] have difficulty communicating and they can't necessarily articulate what they are feeling, so that often leaves the carer having to interpret their feelings.

3. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   This suit represents the first time in our nation's history that Congress has been permitted to sue the executive branch over a disagreement about how to interpret a statute, it's unfortunate that Republicans have resorted to a taxpayer-funded lawsuit to re-fight a political fight that they keep losing.

4. Eoin Whelan:

   It's like we can't interpret our own body signals. We are becoming very dependent on the technology to actually do that for us, some of the athletes that I coach, you can ask them a simple question like' how did you sleep last night ?' and they can't answer unless they look at the data.

5. Roopal Kundu:

   The study showed that consumers overall could interpret a UVA rating system( star system) which provides additional information on the amount of UVA protection a sunscreen provides.