| Main Entry: | advert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refer |
Synonyms: |
attend, consider, notice, observe |
| Main Entry: | allude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hint at |
Synonyms: |
advert, bring up, imply, insinuate, intimate, point, refer, suggest |
| Notes: | allude is 'mention indirectly, hint at' and refer is 'mention directly' elude means to escape or evade from while allude means to make a more or less indirect reference to |
| Main Entry: | bring up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate, mention in conversation |
Synonyms: |
advance, advert, allude to, broach, discuss, introduce, moot, move, offer, point out, propose, put forward, raise, raise a subject, refer, submit, tender, touch on, ventilate |
| Main Entry: | mention |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refer to |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, acquaint, adduce, advert, allude to, bring up, broach, call attention to, cite, communicate, declare, designate, detail, disclose, discuss, divulge, enumerate, hint at, impart, infer, instance, intimate, introduce, make known, name, notice, notify, observe, point out, point to, quote, recount, remark, report, reveal, speak about, speak of, specify, state, suggest, tell, throw out, touch on |
| Main Entry: | notice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | observe, perceive |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, advert, allude, catch, clock, descry, detect, dig*, discern, distinguish, espy, flash on, get a load of, heed, look at, make out, mark, mind, note, pick up on, recognize, refer, regard, remark, see, spot, take in |
Antonyms: |
ignore, miss, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | point out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call attention to |
Synonyms: |
advert, allude, bring up, denote, designate, identify, indicate, mention, refer, remind, reveal, show, specify |
Antonyms: |
distract |
| Main Entry: | refer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mention |
Synonyms: |
accredit, adduce, advert, allude, ascribe, assign, associate, attribute, bring up, charge, cite, credit, designate, direct attention, excerpt, exemplify, extract, give as example, glance, hint, impute, indicate, insert, instance, interpolate, introduce, invoke, lay, make allusion, make mention of, make reference, name, notice, point, point out, put down to, quote, speak about, speak of, specify, touch on |
| Main Entry: | suggest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imply; bring to mind |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, advert, allude, be a sign of, connote, cross the mind, denote, evoke, hint, indicate, infer, insinuate, intimate, lead to believe, occur, point, point in direction of, promise, put in mind of, refer, represent, shadow, signify, symbolize, typify |