All explanation synonyms

noun explanation

• clarification — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
• description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
• elucidation — Explanation that makes something clear; clarification.
• account — If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it.
• enlightenment — The action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened.
• details — an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
• answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
• cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
• comment — If you comment on something, you give your opinion about it or you give an explanation for it.
• commentary — A commentary is a description of an event that is broadcast on radio or television while the event is taking place.
• confession — A confession is a signed statement by someone in which they admit that they have committed a particular crime.
• definition — A definition is a statement giving the meaning of a word or expression, especially in a dictionary.
• evidence — The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
• example — A thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.
• excuse — Attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify.
• information — knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: information concerning a crime.
• interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
• justification — a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.
• meaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
• motive — something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
• note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
• report — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
• resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
• sense — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
• statement — something stated.
• storey — story2 .
• story — a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
• summary — a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.
• annotation — Annotation is the activity of annotating something.
• breakdown — The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
• brief — Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
• demonstration — A demonstration is a march or gathering which people take part in to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
• display — to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
• gloss — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
• history — the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
• illustration — something that illustrates, as a picture in a book or magazine.
• mitigation — the act of mitigating, or lessening the force or intensity of something unpleasant, as wrath, pain, grief, or extreme circumstances: Social support is the most important factor in the mitigation of stress among adolescents.
• narration — something narrated; an account, story, or narrative.
• recital — a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
• rendition — the act of rendering.
• showing — a theatrical production, performance, or company.
• significance — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
• specification — the act of specifying.
• tale — a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
• talking — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
• telling — having force or effect; effective; striking: a telling blow.
• vindication — the act of vindicating.
• writing — the act of a person or thing that writes.
• reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
• rationalization — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.