Explanation
Explanation noun - A statement that makes something clear.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Explanation
Knowledge and explanation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knowledge" instead a noun "Explanation".
Knowledge
Knowledge noun - A body of facts learned by study or experience.
Explanation and knowledge are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explanation" instead a noun "Knowledge".
Nearby Word: knowledgeable
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- understanding and explanation
- understanding and knowledge
- sense and explanation
- sense and knowledge
- reasoning and explanation
- reasoning and knowledge
- report and explanation
- report and knowledge
- reason and explanation
- reason and knowledge
- light and explanation
- light and knowledge
- information and explanation
- information and knowledge
How words are described
| good | good explanation | good knowledge |
| full | full explanation | full knowledge |
| detailed | detailed explanation | detailed knowledge |
| common | common explanation | common knowledge |
| Other adjectives: current, proper, actual, thorough, real, little, decent, new, general, apparent, basic, scientific, technical, in-depth. | ||
Both words in one sentence
-
The Chute itself claims a form of inverted Type 4 explanation about knowledge being dangerous and hence it being the chute's responsibility to remove knowledge from books for your safety, citizen.
Source: Blank Book - The flavor explanation is that a discard spell functions by reaching into the enemy mage's mind and destroying their knowledge of particular spells before they can be cast.
Source: Mind Rape / Tabletop Games -
However, Napoleon buys Angustias' explanation that her knowledge is normal because Napoleon is famous all around the world.
Cite this Source
Knowledge and Explanation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/explanation/knowledge
Explanation & Knowledge. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/explanation/knowledge>.
Knowledge or Explanation. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/explanation/knowledge.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "explanation" and "knowledge" have occurred on timeline