Explain and Involve

Opposite meaning words

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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Involve is an antonym for explain.

Involve verb - To be the business or affair of.

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Explain is an antonym for involve in draw in topic.

Nearby Words: involvement, involving

amount	explain amount	involve amount
death	explain death	involve death
use	explain use	involve use
characters	explain characters	involve characters
Other words: bit, events, powers.

This will rarely involve asking the particular wo/man in question, but will often involve the protagonist asking another opposite-sex character to explain their incomprehensible significant other.

Source: Mars-and-Venus Gender Contrast
Option 1 is to explain the horrible things you are going to do to him, while options 2 and 3 involve breaking his arm or his leg, respectively.

Source: Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Most of Sōsuke's issues involve being unable to explain distressingly common situations and failing in epic fashion.

Source: Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World

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