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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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