Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun expounding

1 sense of expounding

Sense 1
exposition, expounding -- (a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic)
       => interpretation -- (an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb expound

2 senses of expound

Sense 1
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation")
       => clarify, clear up, elucidate -- (make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death")

Sense 2
set forth, expound, exposit -- (state; "set forth one's reasons")
       => elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation")