Take a book and read it.
Source: tatoeba (1803)
Read
/ɹid/
Synonyms for "read" (206 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (42)
absorbannounceappreciateapprehendassign toassimilatebe with oneboneburn the midnight oilcarrycatchcatch oncomprehendconconceiveconstruecontemplatecorrect copydebatedecipher
Noun(14 words)
accessanalysisassignmentauditionsbook learningcomprehensionconstructsconstrueconstruingdanish læsedata retrievaldecipherdecodingdeduce
Strong matches (61)
Related words (103)
Noun(34 words)
Adjective(2 words)
nonverbal signalingsequenced region
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: absorb, access, analysis, announce, appreciate.
- browse: 'Browse' is leisurely and uncommitted, you browse a bookshop or a website without a specific target in mind.
- Sentence evidence is available for read, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, derived_reverse, opengloss, wordnet, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "read".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "read"
Keep "read" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "read" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "read", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "read" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
How these synonyms differ
- browse - 'Browse' is leisurely and uncommitted, you browse a bookshop or a website without a specific target in mind.
- peruse - 'Peruse' is often misused to mean skim, but it traditionally means reading carefully and thoroughly, the opposite of a casual glance.
- scan - 'Scan' is reading for speed, your eyes sweep across the text looking for specific information rather than absorbing every word.
- study - 'Study' implies reading with purpose and effort, actively engaging with the text to learn and retain, not just to consume.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
45 entriesI/O operationactanalysisanticipateauditioncallcognitioncomprehensionconditionconstruecourse materialcultural capitalcurriculum contentdata accessdata statefeature
Showing 16 of 45 words.
More specific
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
Collocations
17 entriesassigned readclose readingcourse textcritical readingliterary readingmost readread dataread materialread receiptread textreading assignmentreading comprehensionreading materialrequired readspeed readingtext excerpt
Showing 16 of 17 words.
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
11 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
294 translations across 222 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- lees verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Ahom
1 entries- 𑜒𑜃𑜫 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Albanian
2 entries- lexoj verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- zgledh verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Aleut
1 entries- hilal verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Amharic
1 entries- ማንበብ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- ἀναγιγνώσκω verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- ἀναλέγω verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- ἀνανέμω verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- ἐντυγχάνω verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Arabic
4 entries- قرا verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- قَرَأَ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- قَرَا verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- قِري verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Aragonese
1 entries- leyer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Armenian
2 entries- ընթերցել verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- կարդալ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Aromanian
3 entries- dyivãsescu verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- ghivãsescu verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- yivãsescu verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Assamese
1 entries- পঢ় verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Asturian
1 entries- lleer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- oxumaq verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Bangi
1 entries- tanga verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Bashkir
1 entries- уҡыу verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Basque
2 entries- irakurri verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- leitu verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Bavarian German
1 entries- lesn verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Belarusian
2 entries- прачыта́ць verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- чыта́ць verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Bengali
1 entries- পড়া verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- पढ़ल verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Breton
1 entries- lenn verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Bulgarian
2 entries- прочета́ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- чета́ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Burmese
2 entries- စာဖတ် verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- ဖတ် verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Catalan
1 entries- llegir verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Central Atlas Tamazight
1 entries- ɣer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Central Dusun
1 entries- basa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خوێندن verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Chechen
1 entries- деша verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎪᎵᏰᎠ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Cheyenne
1 entries- -hoéstá verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Chinese
4 entries- дў verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- кан verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- нян verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- 讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 看 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- 讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Chukchi
1 entries- калевэтгавык verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Church Slavic
2 entries- читати verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- чьтати verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Chuukese
1 entries- anneani verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Chuvash
1 entries- вула verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Cornish
2 entries- lenna verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- redya verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Corsican
1 entries- leghja verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Czech
1 entries- číst verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Danish
1 entries- læse verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Dari
1 entries- خوَانْدَن verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Dutch
1 entries- lezen verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Eastern Khanty
1 entries- ԓө̆ӈәтта verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Elfdalian
1 entries- leså verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Esperanto
1 entries- legi verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Estonian
1 entries- lugema verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Even
1 entries- таӈ- verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Evenki
1 entries- таң- verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Extremaduran
2 entries- leel verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- leyel verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Faroese
1 entries- lesa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Fijian
1 entries- wilika verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Finnish
1 entries- lukea verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
French
1 entries- lire verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Galician
1 entries- ler verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Gan Chinese
1 entries- 讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Georgian
1 entries- კითხვა verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
German
2 entries- lesen verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- läse verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Greek
1 entries- διαβάζω verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Greenlandic
2 entries- atuarpaa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- atuarpoq verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Gujarati
1 entries- વાંચવું verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- li verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Hausa
1 entries- kar̃àntā verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Hawaiian
1 entries- heluhelu verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Hebrew
1 entries- קָרָא verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Hindi
1 entries- पढ़ना verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Hungarian
3 entries- elolvas verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- olvas verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- olvasd verb (to substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text)
Hunsrik
1 entries- lese verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Icelandic
1 entries- lesa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Ido
1 entries- lektar verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Ifè
1 entries- kã̀ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Igala
1 entries- gba verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Igbo
1 entries- gụ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Indonesian
1 entries- baca verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Ingrian
1 entries- lukkia verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Ingush
1 entries- деша verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- خوانْدَن verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- خونْدَن verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Irish
1 entries- léigh verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Isoko
1 entries- se verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Istriot
1 entries- lezi verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Italian
1 entries- leggere verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Japanese
1 entries- 読む verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Javanese
1 entries- maca verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Jeju
1 entries- 익다 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Jin Chinese
1 entries- 讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Kabyle
1 entries- ɣer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Kaitag
1 entries- булчӏа́на verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Kashmiri
1 entries- پَرُن verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Kazakh
1 entries- оқу verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- vì verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Khmer
2 entries- មើល verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- អាន verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Kildin Sami
1 entries- ло̄гкэ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Kituba
1 entries- tanga verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Kongo
1 entries- tánga verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Konkani
1 entries- वाजचे verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Korean
1 entries- 읽다 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- окуу verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Ladino
1 entries- meldar verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Lao
1 entries- ອ່ານ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Latgalian
1 entries- skaiteit verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Latin
1 entries- legō verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Latvian
1 entries- lasīt verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Limburgish
1 entries- leuze verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Lingala
2 entries- tanga verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- tánga verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Lithuanian
1 entries- skaityti verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Lombard
1 entries- leg verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Louisiana Creole
1 entries- lir verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- cytaś verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Lucumí
2 entries- kawé verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- ká verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Lutuv
2 entries- cape verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- ri verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- liesen verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Lü
1 entries- ᦀᦱᧃᧈ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Macedonian
1 entries- чита verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Malay
1 entries- baca verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Malayalam
2 entries- വായന verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- വായിക്കുക verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Maltese
1 entries- qara verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡨᡠ᠋ᠸᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Mansaka
1 entries- basa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Manx
1 entries- lhaih verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- usoma verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Marathi
1 entries- वाचणे verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Middle English
1 entries- reden verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Middle French
1 entries- lire verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Middle Korean
1 entries- 닑다〮 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Minangkabau
1 entries- baco verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Mongo
1 entries- tanga verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Mongolian
2 entries- унших verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- ᠤᠩᠰᠢᠬᠤ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Māori
1 entries- rīti verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Nahuatl
1 entries- pōhua verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Navajo
1 entries- ółtaʼ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Neapolitan
1 entries- legge verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Nepali
1 entries- पढ्नु verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- usoma verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Nigerian Pidgin
1 entries- rid verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Norman
1 entries- liéthe verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
North Frisian
2 entries- lees verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- leese verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- xwandin verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- xwendin verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Northern Min Chinese
1 entries- 讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Northern Sami
1 entries- lohkat verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Northern Thai
1 entries- ᩋ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨶ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lese verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- lesa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Occitan
1 entries- legir verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Odia
1 entries- ପଢିବା verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Okinawan
1 entries- 読むん verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- читати verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Old English
1 entries- rǣdan verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Old French
1 entries- lire verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Old Javanese
1 entries- waca verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Old Saxon
1 entries- lesan verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Old Spanish
1 entries- leer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Olukumi
1 entries- kà verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Oromo
1 entries- beekuu verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اوقومق verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- пречитац verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- читац verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Papiamentu
1 entries- lesa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Pashto
1 entries- لوستل verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Pennsylvania German
1 entries- lese verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Persian
1 entries- خْوَانْدَن verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Piedmontese
1 entries- lese verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Polish
2 entries- czytać verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- przeczytać verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Portuguese
1 entries- ler verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Quechua
4 entries- liyiy verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- qillqaqhaway verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- ñawilliy verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- ñawinchay verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Romanian
2 entries- a citi verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- a lectura verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Romansch
3 entries- ler verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- leɡer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- liɡer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Russian
2 entries- прочита́ть verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- чита́ть verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Samoan
1 entries- faitau verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Sanskrit
2 entries- पठति verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- पठ् verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Sardinian
4 entries- ligi verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- lègere verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- lèghere verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- lèzere verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Scots
2 entries- read verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- rede verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- leugh verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- čìtati verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- чѝтати verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Shan
2 entries- လူလိၵ်ႈ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- ဢၢၼ်ႇ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Sicilian
4 entries- liggiri verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- liiri verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- lèggiri verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- lèiri verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Sindhi
1 entries- پڙهڻ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Sinhalese
1 entries- කියවනවා verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Slovak
1 entries- čítať verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Slovene
2 entries- brati verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- čìtati verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Sotho
1 entries- bala verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Southern Altai
1 entries- кычырар verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Spanish
1 entries- leer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- leisi verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Swahili
1 entries- kusoma verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Swedish
1 entries- läsa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠙꠠꠣ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Tagalog
3 entries- basahin verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- bumasa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- magbasa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Tahitian
1 entries- taió verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Tai Dam
1 entries- ꪮ꪿ꪱꪙ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Tajik
1 entries- хондан verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Talysh
1 entries- hande verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Tamil
2 entries- படி verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- வாசி verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Tat
1 entries- xundən verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Tatar
1 entries- укырга verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Telugu
1 entries- చదువు verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Tetum
1 entries- lee verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Thai
1 entries- อ่าน verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Tibetan
2 entries- ཀློག verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- ལྗགས་ཀློག verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Turkish
1 entries- okumak verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Turkmen
1 entries- okamak verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Ukrainian
2 entries- прочита́ти verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- чита́ти verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- čitać verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Urdu
1 entries- پَڑْھنا verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئوقۇماق verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Uzbek
1 entries- oʻqimoq verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Venetan
4 entries- lezar verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- lezer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- leđer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- lèxar verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đọc verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Vilamovian
1 entries- łaoza verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Volapük
1 entries- reidön verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Walloon
1 entries- lére verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Welsh
1 entries- darllen verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
West Flemish
1 entries- leezn verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
West-Frisian
1 entries- lêze verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Xiang Chinese
1 entries- 讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Yakut
1 entries- аах verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Yiddish
2 entries- לייענען verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- לעזן verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Yoruba
2 entries- kà verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- kàwé verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Yucatec Maya
1 entries- xook verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Zhuang
2 entries- doeg verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
- dog verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
Sample sentences
58 total sentences available.
I read a book while eating.
Source: tatoeba (1881)
An astute reader should be willing to weigh everything they read, including anonymous sources.
Source: tatoeba (1902)
Professors should explain everything in detail, not be succinct and always tell students to go home and read their books.
Source: tatoeba (1954)
Showing 4 of 58 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "read"?
Closest matches include absorb, access, analysis, announce, appreciate.
How is "browse" different from "read"?
'Browse' is leisurely and uncommitted, you browse a bookshop or a website without a specific target in mind.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "read"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.