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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After it detected the intrusion, Hugging Face tried using Anthropic models—including Fable 5 and its earlier Opus model—to analyze its logs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 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

Nicholas Vargas, an associate professor at UC Berkeley and one of the study’s co-authors, said that researchers hadn’t sought out to analyze the mental health impact but that it came up repeatedly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Future observations will measure the masses of their black holes, analyze the chemistry of the surrounding gas, and use their light to trace how reionization unfolded across the young universe.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

My cheeks grow warmer—he is analyzing my brain like he would analyze a computer or a machine.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

Data from Placer.ai, a company that analyzes consumer foot traffic at restaurants and retailers, suggested there have been early signs of disruption.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

Dr. John Veitch, an academic at the University of Glasgow who analyzes black hole signals, said:

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026

AI analyzes media engagement to predict what content people will read, like and share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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

The regulator analyzes the air with spectroscopy, then separates the gasses by supercooling them.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

The Journal analyzed census data from 2015 through 2024, the most recent data available.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

To determine how the drug acted so quickly, the team analyzed gene activity in brain cells before and after treatment.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

He also analyzed the market action ahead of earnings season.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

Birdsong has been so much analyzed for its content of business communication that there seems little time left for music, but it is there.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Public-health officials are analyzing at least four outbreaks of the parasite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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

Rather than analyzing words, however, this Transformer examines patterns among the scintillation photons recorded by the detector.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

They reached their conclusions after analyzing trading histories of more than 5,000 individual prediction market contracts on Polymarket and Kalshi between October 2025 and this February.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

“For analyzing the T. melvinus when we get it back, of course,” he says, like it’s obvious.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm

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