spell out

Questions about spell out

What does spell out mean?

spell out means "make explicit; specify in detail". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for spell out?

Close synonyms include spell. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spell out a common word?

spell out is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.