Synonyms of annotate

annotate

verb

as in to interpret

to add notes or comments to (a text, book, drawing, etc.)

He annotated the text at several places.

annotate a list

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interpret
• analyze
• explain
• illustrate
• clarify
• demonstrate
• simplify
• explicate
• elucidate
• construe
• commentate
• define
• illuminate
• expound
• decipher
• spell out
• solve
• gloss
• decode
• clear (up)
• get across
• specify
• demystify
• unriddle
• resolve
• disentangle
• undo
• unravel
• untangle
• unscramble
• break down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cloud
• confuse
• confound
• obscure
• obfuscate
• befog

Examples of annotate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some data exist in neat and tidy datasets—labeled, annotated, fact-checked, and free for download in a common file format. —Niall Ferguson, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024

Amazingly, each of these cards has been annotated — by 200 people writing in a dozen different languages — with a quote from its corresponding book, or another work associated with the title, or in some cases, tiny sketches. —Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 14 July 2024

However, scientists are identifying viral sequences in DNA collected from the environment at a rate that far outpaces our ability to annotate those genes. —Libusha Kelly, The Conversation, 15 May 2024

In addition to doodling or scribbling, the pen can be used to annotate documents, highlight text, create notes in the margins and so on. —New Atlas, 12 July 2024