Comment and Explain

Comment

Comment verb - Explain or interpret something.

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Explain and comment are semantically related. in explanation topic. In some cases you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Comment", when it comes to topics like remark on.

Nearby Words: commentate, commentary, commentator, commented, commentated

Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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Antonyms for Explain

Comment and explain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Comment" instead a verb "Explain".

Nearby Words: explanation, explained, explaining, explicable, explainable

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Common collocations

name	comment name	explain name
stuff	comment stuff	explain stuff
death	comment death	explain death
time	comment time	explain time
Other words: bit, hair, details, plans, times, events.

Both words in one sentence

Malcolm in Malcolm in the Middle does this several times an episode, in order to comment on the goings-on around him or explain the background of certain events to the audience.

Source: Aside Comment
Then has to explain to Harry how Andy Warhol said everyone would be famous for 15 minutes, a well-known comment Harry is clearly old enough to have heard before.

Source: Film / The Dead Pool
He doesn't explain that comment, not even to explain what the definition is.

Source: Ambiguously Human

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Explain and Comment. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/comment/explain

Comment & Explain. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/comment/explain>.

Explain or Comment. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/comment/explain.

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