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Oversimplify

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Oversimplify"

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Word	Definition
simplifyverb	(transitive) To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand.
desimplifyverb	(transitive) To make less simple.
water downverb	(idiomatic) To make weaker, less effective.
essentializenoun	(transitive) To reduce (something) to its essence.
underexplainverb	To provide an insufficient explanation
explain awayverb	(transitive) To dismiss or minimize (a problem, etc.) by explanation.
spell outverb	(transitive) To form (a word) from letters; say the letters in a word.
spell it outverb	(intransitive) To be explicit, to provide even the obvious details.
abbreviateverb	(transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
understateverb	(transitive) To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
dumb downverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.
explainverb	(transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
uncomplicateverb	(transitive) To remove complications from.
ultrasimplifyverb	(transitive) To simplify to a great extent.
spell things outverb	(intransitive) To be explicit.
glozenoun	A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary.
downgradenoun	A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
gloss oververb	(transitive, idiomatic) To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
clarifyverb	(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
decomplexifyverb	(transitive) To rid of complexity; to simplify.