shed light on

Questions about shed light on

What is another word for shed light on?

It depends which shed light on you mean. In the sense “make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear”, the synonyms are clear, clear up, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate. Across all 1 sense there are 11 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of shed light on?

WordNet records no antonym for shed light on. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for shed light on come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for shed light onAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for shed light onWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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