Synonyms and antonyms of General words meaning to read in British Thesaurus

read (verb)

to look at and understand words in a letter, book, newspaper etc

study (verb)

to read or look at something very carefully

devour (verb)

to read, watch, or listen to something with a lot of interest or enthusiasm

peruse (verb)

formal to read something

legible (adjective)

able to be read

illegible (adjective)

difficult or impossible to read

fluent (adjective)

a fluent reader can read without any difficulties

read out ()

to say the words that you are reading so that people can hear them

read (verb)

if something reads well or badly, you think it has been written well or badly

read (verb)

to speak the words that you are looking at

read (verb)

to look at and understand the information, symbols, or numbers on a map or a piece of measuring equipment

read back ()

to look at and speak words that you wrote earlier, usually so that someone can check that what you have written is correct

read like something ()

if a piece of writing reads like something, it has similar qualities or aspects to that thing

read off ()

to read the measurement on a piece of equipment or graph