explainer

noun

ex·plain·er ik-ˈsplā-nər

plural explainers

: a person or thing that explains something: such as

: a person who makes something understandable

Modern day presidents must be good explainers of a complex world …—

Jonathan Alter et al.

: an article, podcast, graphic, etc., that explains something complex or not widely understood : an in-depth treatment of a topic

Each half-hour episode contained a big explainer of a complicated issue. The list of topics sounds like the arcane scraps from the cutting-room floor of most newsrooms—the amount of hidden sugar in food, civil forfeiture, the false hopes of lotteries, the failure of the American government to safeguard people who served as interpreters in Iraq and Afghanistan.—

David Carr

Inside, the issue contains a long explainer piece on how the subprime mess came to be and how it wreaked havoc on Citi, Wall Street and especially Merrill.—

Yvette Kantrow

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Vox Staff, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024 Here’s an explainer 📆 On The Agenda The House and Senate are out. —

Cate Martel, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024 Nintendo has spelled out some of these details in a 12-minute video explainer, which also goes over the existing features that are transferring over and what’s not making the Complete cut. —

Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 28 Oct. 2024 Think of these models as go-to tools for everyday language jobs such as summarizing articles, finding important information, writing code and creating explainer documents. —

Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for explainer