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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We can analyze the nature of financial and emotional inequity all day, but it’s time to honor both parties and take action.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

He created a partnership allowing the AP to gather, analyze and publish satellite imagery to expand its journalism—including exclusive coverage of Iran and Israel's nuclear programs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Previously, connecting huge numbers of informal social media posts with standardized medical terminology required enormous amounts of work, limiting how much data researchers could realistically analyze.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Credit-ratings firms are paid by bond issuers to analyze the bonds and the financial health of the issuers to come up with a credit rating.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

The first is to examine the physicians’ training and credentials and then analyze their records to see how many errors they’ve made over the past few years.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

The Brown University model, which analyzes daily retail prices and historical demand patterns, estimates that cumulative gasoline spending this year has been $59 billion more than it would have been without the war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The team first analyzes the problem in this hypothetical setting with infinitely many dimensions.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

While some other prediction strategies depend on genetic testing, this method analyzes antibody patterns in blood, potentially making it easier to translate into clinical practice.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

Using its quantitative model, the Acadian team analyzes companies’ fundamentals, as well as stocks’ price momentum patterns, analyst coverage, valuations and other technical factors.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

If he analyzes an hour of a husband and wife talking, he can predict with 95 percent accuracy whether that couple will still be married fifteen years later.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Study co-author Professor Edwin Hawkins, head of the Colonial Foundation Diagnostics Center where samples were analyzed, said the size and nature of the patient group were important strengths of the research.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

A large, company-funded study analyzed randomized-controlled trials of patients on the drugmaker’s GLP-1s and found the drugs didn’t increase patients’ risk of developing the condition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

The researchers reported finding it at concentrations of up to 0.67% in commercial sucralose samples they analyzed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

In a recent paper, Hyun analyzed 14 seasons of “Shark Tank,” the television show where entrepreneurs try to convince members of a panel of potential investors to back them.

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Production of young birds on the New Brunswick breeding grounds is definitely reduced, and adult birds that have been analyzed contain large residues of DDT and heptachlor.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

While brand partnerships can be hard to precisely value, Coplan seemed uninterested in analyzing whether the deals would pay off, said a person involved with the deals, focusing instead on locking up partnerships.

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Chatbots such as ChatGPT learn to answer questions or write poetry from analyzing patterns in vast amounts of data.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The sixth possible approach listed by Laforge is analyzing the bitcoin adoption cycle, but he noted that this is not an exact science and should involve accessing multiple different measuring techniques.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Scientists can estimate biological age by analyzing biomarkers, measurable features of the body that provide information about health and physiological function.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 16, 2026

Skills: listening, speaking, writing, story telling, explaining, teaching, using humor, understanding the syntax and meaning of words, remembering information, convincing someone of their point of view, analyzing language usage.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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