demystify
Remove the mystery
To demystify something is to make it less mysterious or easier to understand.
The word implies removing a false aura of complexity or secrecy: The workshop aims to demystify the home-buying process.
What gets demystified was never truly mysterious—just poorly explained or intimidatingly presented.
To make understood
- clarifyMake something understandable
- illuminateSupply with radiance
- enlightenImpart knowledge or wisdom
- explainMake something understood
decode · unravel · disentangle · untangle · simplify · streamline · distill · translate
Reveal what's hidden
- discloseReveal hidden information
- unveilReveal something hidden
- exposeMake known publicly
- divulgeReveal private information
debunk · dispel · unmask · lay bare · bring to light · shed light · declassify · open up
Study with attention
- analyzeStudy by breaking down
- scrutinizeInspect with close attention
- probeThorough examination or tool
- exploreTravel to discover
research · study · dissect · inspect · survey · review · parse · unpack
Give facts to
- instructConvey knowledge or orders
- teachImpart skills or knowledge
- educateProvide formal instruction
- enlightenImpart knowledge or wisdom
guide · empower · democratize · popularize · disseminate · communicate · convey · impart
Mental understanding of meaning
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- graspSeize or understand
perception · discernment · cognition · realization · clarity · epiphany · aha moment · breakthrough
elucidate
To make understood
- clarifyMake something understandable
- illuminateSupply with radiance
- enlightenImpart knowledge or wisdom
explain · decode · unravel · disentangle · untangle · simplify · streamline · distill · translate · breakdown
uncover
Reveal what's hidden
divulge · debunk · dispel · unmask · lay bare · bring to light · shed light · declassify · open up · strip away
examine
Study with attention
- analyzeStudy by breaking down
- scrutinizeInspect with close attention
- probeThorough examination or tool
explore · research · study · dissect · inspect · survey · review · parse · unpack · interrogate
inform
Give facts to
enlighten · guide · empower · democratize · popularize · disseminate · communicate · convey · impart · mentor
comprehension
Mental understanding of meaning
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
grasp · perception · discernment · cognition · realization · clarity · epiphany · aha moment · breakthrough · mastery
- revealreveal, disclose, expose, unmask, unveil
- simplificationsimplification, simplifying, simplify, condensing, simplified
- cutting throughslice, chop, carve, pierce, sever
- removeremove, peel, strip, scrape, take off
demystifycomplicate
Make more difficult
overcomplicate · convolute · make difficult · tangle · entangle