Synonyms

analyze

American

[an-l-ahyz] / ˈæn lˌaɪz /

especially British, analyse

verb (used with object)

to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize).

to analyze an argument.

Synonyms:

break down.

Antonyms:

synthesize
to examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of.

to analyze a poem.

Synonyms:

explicate
to examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes, key factors, possible results, etc.
to subject to mathematical, chemical, grammatical, etc., analysis.
to psychoanalyze.

a patient who has been analyzed by two therapists.
psychoanalyze.

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Etymology

Origin of analyze

First recorded in 1595–1605; back formation from analysis (or from its Latin or Greek sources), with -ys- taken as -ize

Explanation

Analyze means to study or examine something carefully in a methodical way. If you analyze your math tests from earlier in the year, you'll be able to figure out what you most need to study for the final exam. This verb analyze comes from the noun analysis. The noun analysis was in turn borrowed from Greek, from analyein, or "to dissolve." If you go into analysis, it means that you will be examined and helped by a mental health professional — who will analyze your particular problems and help you find solutions.

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analyze analyzes analyzed analyzing

This suggests that computational tools may allow scientists to analyze much larger collections of dreams in a consistent and repeatable way.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

Oral-health experts are also turning to AI to analyze the growing amount of data from patients’ mouths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Immediately, I thought of how many of my peers complained that her assignments were too difficult, and her film choices were too unconventional to analyze easily, even for college-level writers.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

“The bill also creates serious privacy and security risks by giving third parties access to analyze designer’s files. That threatens intellectual property and adds digital surveillance in a state that values data privacy.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

There are lots of books that tackle broad themes, that analyze the world from great remove.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Baker analyzes how the rise of banking and insurance in 15th and 16th century Italy transformed beliefs about time, risk, and luck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Our visual system rapidly analyzes many different features of a scene, including color, contrast, motion, and shape.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

“That would be a soft opening for a superhero movie and would put it on track for maybe $200 million worldwide,” said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research, which analyzes box-office data.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

The new study analyzes dozens of fossils to examine the evolution between fish and tetrapods, or four-legged animals.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

Ama moves forward and analyzes the symbol on the door.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Almost all the sitting heads of state who appear on the circulating coins that I analyzed are hereditary monarchs.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Chan School of Public Health, George Washington University and other institutions, analyzed dozens of studies looking at the impact of coffee and caffeine on heart health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

He also analyzed the market action ahead of earnings season.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

The researchers analyzed large scale population data from the UK Biobank.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

Each game that he played, or analyzed, whether his or others’, established a processional of insight.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Machine-learning models have already shown promise in analyzing radiographs, according to a 2025 review.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

The technology underlying chatbots such as Claude and ChatGPT uses patterns in data by analyzing vast quantities of digital text and video from the internet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

So after analyzing three years of data, I found some strong AI adopters that were disclosing real impact.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

The team used spectroscopy, a method that reveals a star's chemical composition by analyzing its light, to search TOI-5882 for signs of lithium.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

He started to take it in, listening to the narrative and analyzing it from several sides.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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