Synonyms and Antonyms of construe

(verb.cognition)
interpret, see
make sense of; assign a meaning to (verb.cognition)

make sense of; assign a meaning to (verb.cognition)

co-occur with, collocate with, construe with, cooccur with, go with
go or occur together (verb.stative)

(verb.cognition)
understand
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of (verb.cognition)

(verb.cognition)
be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand
interpret in the wrong way (verb.cognition)
(verb.cognition)
read between the lines
read what is implied but not expressed on the surface (verb.cognition)
(verb.cognition)
mythicise, mythicize
interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology (verb.cognition)
(verb.cognition)
literalise, literalize
make literal (verb.cognition)
(verb.cognition)
spiritualise, spiritualize
give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense (verb.cognition)
(verb.cognition)
reinterpret
assign a new or different meaning to (verb.cognition)
(verb.cognition)
allegorise, allegorize
interpret as an allegory (verb.cognition)
(verb.cognition)
read, take
interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression (verb.cognition)
(verb.cognition)
read
interpret something that is written or printed (verb.cognition)
(verb.cognition)
read, scan
obtain data from magnetic tapes (verb.cognition)
(verb.creation)
draw out, educe, elicit, evoke, extract
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) (verb.creation)

(verb.cognition)
consider, reckon, regard, see, view
deem to be (verb.cognition)

(noun.cognition)
interpretation, interpreting, rendering, rendition
an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious (noun.cognition)
(noun.cognition)
interpretation, reading, version
a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something (noun.cognition)
(noun.communication)
construal
an interpretation of the meaning of something; the act of construing (noun.communication)
(noun.communication)
interpretation
an explanation that results from interpreting something (noun.communication)

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