Defenition of the word construe

• Defenition of the word construe

  • To give the meaning or intention of.
  • make sense of; assign a meaning to
  • make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

Synonyms for the word construe

• • interpret
  • read
  • see
  • take
  • take to mean
  • understand by

Similar words in the construe

• • collocate with
  • construe
  • construe with
  • construed
  • construes
  • cooccur with
  • go with

Hyponyms for the word construe

• • allegorise
  • allegorize
  • be amiss
  • draw out
  • educe
  • elicit
  • evoke
  • extract
  • literalise
  • literalize
  • misapprehend
  • misconceive
  • misconstrue
  • misinterpret
  • misunderstand
  • mythicise
  • mythicize
  • read
  • read between the lines
  • reinterpret
  • scan
  • spiritualise
  • spiritualize
  • take

Hypernyms for the word construe

• • understand

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  • Antonyms for the word paperback
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