Word Meanings - ELUCIDATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ELUCIDATION)
- Annotation
- Explanation
- criticism
- remark
- note
- commentary
- elucidation
- observation
- comment
- Foil
- Set-off
- background
- contrast
- enhancement
- setting
- Solution
- Separation
- discerption
- disruption
- breach
- discontinuance
- disconnection
- disentanglement
- explanation
- key
- answer
- resolution
- disintegration
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ELUCIDATION)
Related words: (words related to ELUCIDATION)
- MISINTERPRETABLE
Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood. - CONFOUNDED
1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott. - OBSCURENESS
Obscurity. Bp. Hall. - OBSCURER
One who, or that which, obscures. - REMARKER
One who remarks. - RESOLUTIONER
One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century. He was sequestrated afterwards as a Resolutioner. Sir W. Scott. - DISCONNECTION
The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union. Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate members but weakness, disconnection, and confusion. Burke. - SETTLEMENT
A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles, - SETT
See 3 - ENHANCEMENT
The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime. - ANSWER
1. To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation. 2. To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to ; to - EXPLANATION
1. The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty. 2. That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory - BACKGROUND
The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures. Note: The distance in a picture is usually divided into foreground, middle distance, and background. Fairholt. 3. Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had - COMMENTER
One who makes or writes comments; a commentator; an annotator. - SETTER
A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by - MISINTERPRETER
One who interprets erroneously. - CONFUSE
1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision. A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused. - SOLUTION
The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting from such absorption. Note: When a solvent will not - CONFOUNDEDLY
Extremely; odiously; detestably. "Confoundedly sick." Goldsmith. - CONFUSEDNESS
A state of confusion. Norris. - MONSEL'S SOLUTION
An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties. - NONSOLUTION
Failure of solution or explanation. - UPSETTING
Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. Jamieson. - TYPESETTING
The act or art of setting type. - ROSETTA WOOD
An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. Ure. - SUNSET; SUNSETTING
1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively. 'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore. Campbell. 2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west. Sunset shell , a West - SUBOBSCURELY
Somewhat obscurely or darkly. Donne. - FRISETTE; FRIZETTE
a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women. - HYPERCRITICISM
Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism. - ANISETTE
A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. De Colange. - NARRAGANSETTS
A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.