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indicating - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | symptomatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indicative |
| Synonyms: | characteristic, demonstrative, significant, suggestive, symbolic, associated, denotative, denotive, designative, emblematic, evidential, indicating, pointing to |
| Main Entry: | marking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1/noun1 |
| Definition: | designating |
| Synonyms: | calling, distinguishing, noticing, showing, characterizing, denominating, indicating, naming, pointing out, recognizing, specifying, terming |
| Main Entry: | referring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alluding |
| Synonyms: | mentioning, quoting, suggesting, attributing, bringing up, citing, hinting, implying, indicating, remarking, touching on |
| Main Entry: | selecting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | choosing |
| Synonyms: | appointment, choice, denomination, determination, determining, election, isolation, selection, separation, appointing, culling, denominating, electing, indicating, isolating, picking, separating |
| Main Entry: | reference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remark, citation |
| Synonyms: | allusion, connecting, hint, implication, innuendo, insinuation, mention, mentioning, note, plug*, quotation, resource, source, advertence, associating, attributing, bringing up, indicating, pointing out, relating, stating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confess, acknowledge |
| Synonyms: | accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, bring to light*, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, cop a plea, credit, declare, disclose, divulge, enumerate, expose, grant, indicate, let, let on, narrate, number, own, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill*, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield, go into details, make known, open up, own up, subscribe to |
| Notes: | with admit, the acknowledgment of something being true applies to one's own sphere of conduct, whereas with concede the acknowledgment applies to another's; admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications |
| Antonyms: | confute, deny, dispute, dissent, gainsay, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | announce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare arrival |
| Synonyms: | augur, forebode, forecast, foretell, harbinger, herald, indicate, portend, predict, presage, signal, signify, forerun, foreshow |
| Antonyms: | hide, withhold, be quiet |
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to convince; present support |
| Synonyms: | appeal, assert, attest, claim, contend, controvert, defend, demonstrate, denote, display, elucidate, establish, evince, exhibit, explain, hold, imply, indicate, justify, maintain, manifest, persuade, plead, present, reason, show, suggest, testify, vindicate, warrant, witness, prevail upon, talk into |
| Antonyms: | agree, comply |
| Main Entry: | assign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set apart for a reason |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, consign, designate, detail, determine, dish out*, distribute, divide, earmark, fix, give, grant, hand out*, hand over, indicate, mete, prescribe, relegate, shell out*, specify, stipulate, fork out* |
| Antonyms: | keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affirm, vouch for |
| Synonyms: | adjure, announce, argue, assert, authenticate, aver, bear out, bear witness, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, declare, demonstrate, display, exhibit, indicate, prove, ratify, seal, show, substantiate, support, sustain, swear, testify, uphold, verify, warrant, witness, asservate, give evidence |
| Antonyms: | deny |
| Main Entry: | characterize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | typify, distinguish |
| Synonyms: | brand, constitute, define, delineate, describe, designate, differentiate, discriminate, feature, identify, indicate, inform, make up, mark, outline, peg, pigeonhole*, portray, represent, stamp, style, symbolize, tab, belong to, button down, individualize, individuate, peculiarize, personalize, signalize, singularize, typecast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | note, quote |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, allege, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out, present, recite, recount, reference, rehearse, remember, reminisce, repeat, specify, spell out, tell, allude to, appeal to, get down to brass tacks, give as example, illustrate with, refer to |
| Main Entry: | clue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give information |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, apprise, fill in, hint, indicate, inform, intimate, notify, post, suggest, tell, warn, give the lowdown, give the skinny on, lead to, leave evidence, leave trace, leave tracks, point to, wise up |
| Antonyms: | hide, keep secret |
| Main Entry: | connote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imply |
| Synonyms: | add up to, betoken, denote, designate, evidence, express, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, mean, signify, spell, suggest, hint at |
| Antonyms: | denote |
| Main Entry: | declare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | claim as possession |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, avow, confess, convey, disclose, divulge, impart, indicate, manifest, notify, own, profess, represent, reveal, state, swear, avouch |
| Antonyms: | deny, disclaim |
| Main Entry: | demonstrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | display, show |
| Synonyms: | authenticate, determine, establish, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose, flaunt, indicate, make out, manifest, prove, show and tell*, test, trot out*, try, validate, make evident, roll out*, testify to |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | designate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | specify as selection |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, authorize, characterize, charge, choose, commission, connote, constitute, define, delegate, denote, deputize, describe, dictate, earmark*, elect, evidence, favor, finger*, indicate, make, mark, mete, name, nominate, opt, peg*, pick, pinpoint, prefer, show, single, slot, stipulate, tab*, tag*, tap*, button down, depute, individualize, pin down, put down for, reseve, set apart, set aside |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | direct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | point in a direction; guide |
| Synonyms: | address, aim, beam, cast, conduct, escort, fix, focus, head, incline, indicate, intend, lay, lead, level, mean, pilot, point, present, route, see, set, shepherd, show, sight, slant, steer, target, train, turn, move in, point the way, sight on, zero in |
| Antonyms: | diverge, misdirect |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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