Synonyms of the word

enlighten

• v. (transitive) To supply with light; to illuminate.
• v. (transitive) To make clear to someone; to give knowledge to.

clarify

• v. To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as…
• v. To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
• v. (ergative) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or…
• v. (ergative) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
• v. (obsolete) To glorify.

clear

• adj. Transparent in colour.
• adj. Bright, not dark or obscured.
• adj. Free of obstacles.
• adj. Without clouds.
• adj. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
• adj. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
• adj. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
• adj. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
• adj. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
• adj. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
• adj. (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
• adj. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
• adj. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
• adj. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
• adj. Unmixed; entirely pure.
• adj. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
• adj. Without diminution; in full; net.
• adv. All the way; entirely.
• adv. Not near something or touching it.
• adv. free (or separate) from others.
• adv. (obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
• v. (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
• v. (ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
• v. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
• v. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
• v. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
• v. (intransitive) To become clear.
• v. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that…
• v. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
• v. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
• v. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
• v. To obtain a clearance.
• v. (sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending…
• v. To fell all trees of a forest.
• v. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
• v. (computing, transitive) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at…
• n. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest…
• n. (cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.).

crystalise

• v. Non-Oxford British English spelling of crystallize.

crystalize

• v. (rare) Alternative spelling of crystallize.

crystallise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of crystallize.

crystallize

• v. (transitive, chemistry, physics) to make something form into crystals.
• v. (intransitive) to assume a crystalline form.
• v. (transitive) to give something a definite or precise form.
• v. (intransitive) to take a definite form.
• v. (transitive) to coat something with crystals, especially with sugar.

edify

• v. (now rare) To build, construct.
• v. (transitive) To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.

elucidate

• v. (transitive) To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.

illuminate

• v. (transitive) To shine light on something.
• v. (transitive) To decorate something with lights.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To clarify or make something understandable.
• v. (transitive) To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To make spectacular.
• v. (intransitive) To glow; to light up.
• v. (intransitive) To be exposed to light.
• v. (transitive, military) To direct a radar beam toward.
• n. Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.
• adj. (obsolete) enlightened.

instruct

• v. (transitive) to teach by giving instructions.
• v. (transitive) to direct; to order (usage note: "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier…
• n. (obsolete) instruction.
• adj. (obsolete) arranged; furnished; provided.
• adj. (obsolete) instructed; taught; enlightened.

irradiate

• v. (transitive) To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.
• v. (transitive) To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate.
• v. (transitive) To animate by heat or light.
• v. (transitive) To radiate, shed, or diffuse.
• v. (intransitive) To emit rays; to shine.
• v. (transitive) To treat (food) with ionizing radiation in order to destroy bacteria.
• adj. Illuminated; irradiated; made brilliant or splendid.

learn

• v. To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
• v. To attend a course or other educational activity.
• v. To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
• v. To be studying.
• v. To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
• v. (now only in slang and dialects) To teach.

prophesy

• v. To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet.
• v. To predict, to foretell.
• v. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
• v. (intransitive, Christianity) To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach.

teach

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.
• v. (transitive) To pass on knowledge to.
• v. (intransitive) To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
• v. (transitive) To cause to learn or understand.
• n. (pejorative, informal) teacher.

vaticinate

• v. (transitive, intransitive, chiefly formal) to predict or foretell (future events).