PARSE Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

parse

verb

as in to analyze

to understand something by considering it parts closely I'm having trouble parsing your words—could you rephrase what you said? We need time to parse the huge amount of data put forward in the report.

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Recent Examples of parse Cause and consequence are difficult enough to parse in real time. —

Kathryn Anne Edwards, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026 Her ghost of a smile should be parsed as beatific rapture. —

Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 On Thursday, investors will parse through the personal consumption expenditure figures for February - the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge. —

Reuters, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026 To what degree high housing costs pushed immigrants to move to more affordable places is hard to parse out. —

Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for parse

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analyze

Verb

But the new traffic data the railroads analyzed from all the major freight railroads convinced executives that more job growth is likely.

— Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026