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

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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. Marco Rubio:

   But the second is the most important – I believe, I feel very strongly that Supreme Court nominees are not policymakers, their job is to interpret the constitution and the issue before them – whether they agree with the policy outcome or not is irrelevant.

2. Andrea Grignolio:

   Italy is part of a global trend of distrust in mediators -- doctors and scientists -- who can interpret and explain data, with the advent of the Internet, people have the illusion they can access and read data by themselves, removing the need for technical and scientific knowledge.

3. Vincent Hutchings:

   To Republicans, Trump is simply saying: 'Hey, if you don't like America, you can leave, that is not at all controversial. If you already support Trump, then it's very easy to interpret his comments that way.

4. Justice Samuel Alito:

   Given the way the confirmation process -- the interviews of senators that occur immediately upon the announcement of the nomination -- I think it would be very difficult for somebody who has not been dealing with the whole breadth of federal law that may come before the Supreme Court to be ready for those interviews, or at least to have thought about how you interpret the Constitution, how do you interpret the statutes, what do you think about precedents -- issues like that, you will be hit with all of that immediately once the nomination has been announced.

5. Geoffrey Carr:

   Most of the substance of it is correct, but not all, and some of it is a matter of how you interpret stuff.