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imply - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: imply
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: indicate, mean
Synonyms: betoken, connote, denote, designate, entail, evidence, hint, import, include, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, mention, presuppose, refer, signify, suggest, give a hint, point to
Notes: a speaker or writer implies, a hearer or reader infers, and implications are incorporated in statements while inferences are deduced from statements; imply means 'suggest indirectly that something is true' while infer means 'conclude or deduce something is true' and, further, to imply is to suggest or throw out a suggestion while to infer is to include or take in a suggestion
infer means 'to deduce, reason' and imply means 'to hint at, suggest'
Antonyms: define, explicate, express, state
Main Entry: allude
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hint at
Synonyms: advert, bring up, imply, insinuate, intimate, point, refer, suggest
Main Entry: denote
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: designate, mean
Synonyms: announce, argue, bespeak, betoken, connote, evidence, express, finger, flash, imply, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, make, mark, peg, prove, show, signify, spell, stand for, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, typify, add up, hang sign on, put down for, put finger on
Main Entry: drive at
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mean, suggest as meaning
Synonyms: aim, contemplate, design, get at, imply, indicate, intend, intimate, propose, signify, allude to, have in mind, hint at, refer to
Main Entry: foreshadow
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: indicate
Synonyms: adumbrate, augur, betoken, bode, forebode, foretell, hint, imply, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, promise, prophesy, shadow, signal, suggest, be in the wind, telegraph
Main Entry: gossip
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: talk about others; spread rumors
Synonyms: babble, bad-mouth*, bend one's ear, blab, blather, blether, chat, chatter, cut to pieces, cut up*, dish, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, jaw*, prate, prattle, rattle on, repeat, report, rumor, schmoose, spill the beans*, spread*, suggest, talk, talk idly, tattle, tell secrets, tell tales, wiggle-waggle
Main Entry: hint
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: suggest; indicate
Synonyms: acquaint, adumbrate, advise, allude to, angle, apprise, bring up, broach, coax, connote, cue, drop, expose, fish*, foreshadow, give an inkling, impart, imply, infer, inform, insinuate, intimate, jog memory, leak*, let it be known, let out of bag, make*, mention, point, prefigure, press, prompt, put flea in ear, recall, refer to, remind, say in passing, shadow, signify, solicit, spring, tip off, tip one's hand, touch on*, whisper, wink*
Main Entry: indicate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: signify, display
Synonyms: add up to, announce, argue, attest, augur, bespeak, betoken, card, connote, demonstrate, denote, designate, evidence, evince, express, finger, hint, illustrate, imply, import, intimate, make, manifest, mark, mean, name, peg*, pinpoint*, point out, prove, read, record, register, reveal, show, sign, signal, slot, specify, suggest, symbolize, tab, tag, testify, witness, be symptomatic, button down, pin down, point to
Antonyms: conceal, hide, mislead
Main Entry: intimate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: suggest; tip off
Synonyms: affirm, air, allude, announce, assert, aver, communicate, connote, declare, expose, express, hint, impart, imply, indicate, infer, insinuate, leak, profess, remind, spill the beans*, spring, state, utter, vent, voice, warn, avouch, drop a hint, let cat out of bag, let it be known, make known, make noise
Main Entry: involve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: draw in; include
Synonyms: absorb, affect, argue, associate, bind, catch, commit, complicate, comprehend, comprise, compromise, concern, connect, contain, cover, denote, embrace, embroil, engage, engross, enmesh, entail, entangle, grip, hold, hook, implicate, imply, incorporate, incriminate, inculpate, link, mean, mire, mix up*, necessitate, number, presuppose, prove, relate, require, suggest, take in, tangle, touch, point to, preoccupy, rivet, rope in, snarl up, wrap up in
Antonyms: exclude, free, remove
Main Entry: let on
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: acknowledge, admit
Synonyms: allow, avow, betray, concede, confess, disclose, divulge, give away, grant, hint, imply, indicate, mouth*, own, reveal, say, spill*, suggest, tell, uncover, unveil, let out, make known, own up
Antonyms: deny, disacknowledge
Main Entry: matter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be of consequence, importance
Synonyms: affect, carry weight, count, express, imply, import, involve, mean, signify, value, weigh, be important, be of value, be substantive, cut ice, have influence, make a difference, mean something
Main Entry: prompt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: incite, cue
Synonyms: advise, aid, arouse, assist, bring up, cause, convince, draw, egg on*, elicit, evoke, exhort, get, goad, help, hint, impel, imply, indicate, induce, inspire, instigate, jog, mention, motivate, move, occasion, persuade, prick*, prod, propel, propose, provoke, refresh, remind, spur, stimulate, suggest, urge, call forth, give rise to, help out, sic, talk into, win over
Antonyms: halt, prevent, stop
Main Entry: purport
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: assert, mean
Synonyms: allege, betoken, claim, convey, declare, denote, express, imply, import, indicate, intend, maintain, pretend, proclaim, profess, signify, suggest, point to, pose as
Main Entry: remind
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: awaken memories of something
Synonyms: admonish, advise, bethink, bring back to, bring to mind, call attention, call to mind, call up, caution, cite, emphasize, give a cue, hint, imply, intimate, jog one's memory, make one remember, make one think, mention, note, point out, prod, prompt, put in mind, recall, recollect, refresh memory, remember, reminisce, retain, retrospect, revive, stir up, stress, suggest, warn
Antonyms: forget
Main Entry: say
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make declaration
Synonyms: add, affirm, allege, announce, answer, assert, claim, come out with, communicate, conjecture, convey, declare, deliver, disclose, divulge, do, estimate, express, flap*, gab*, guess, imagine, imply, jaw, judge, lip*, maintain, mention, opine, orate, perform, pronounce, rap*, read, recite, rehearse, relate, remark, render, repeat, reply, report, respond, reveal, rumor, speak, spiel*, state, suggest, tell, utter, verbalize, voice, yak*, break silence, give voice, make known, put forth, put into words
Antonyms: ask, question, request
Main Entry: seem
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: appear; give the impression
Synonyms: assume, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, look, pretend, resemble, show, sound, suggest, be suggestive of, convey the impression, create the impression, give the feeling of, give the idea of, have the appearance of, have the aspects of, have the earmarks of, have the features of, have the qualities of, look as if, look like, look to be, make a show of, show every sign of, sound like, strike one as being
Antonyms: be real
Main Entry: stand for
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: signify, mean
Synonyms: answer for, betoken, denote, exemplify, imply, indicate, represent, suggest, symbol, symbolize, appear for
Main Entry: predicate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: assert
Synonyms: affirm, declare, imply, mean, signify, state
Main Entry: communicate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give or exchange information, ideas
Synonyms: acquaint, advertise, advise, announce, betray, break, broadcast, carry, connect, contact, convey, correspond, declare, disclose, discover, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, get across, hint, impart, imply, inform, interact, let on, network*, proclaim, publicize, publish, raise, relate, report, reveal, signify, spread, state, suggest, tell, touch base*, transfer, transmit, unfold, write, be in touch, get through, interface, keep in touch, let out, make known, pass on, phone, reach out, ring up
Antonyms: bottle up, conceal, cover, keep, suppress, withhold, keep quiet
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