| 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: | mentioning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | remarking |
Synonyms: |
noting, observing, saying |
| Main Entry: | mentioning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speaking of |
Synonyms: |
citing, inferring, intimating, introduction, making known, naming, referring to, specifying, suggesting, taking note of |
| Main Entry: | broach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring up a topic |
Synonyms: |
advance, approach, bring up, hint at, interject, interpose, introduce, mention, moot, move, offer, open up, propose, raise subject, speak of, submit, suggest, talk of, touch on, ventilate |
Antonyms: |
not mention |
| Main Entry: | cite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | note, quote |
Synonyms: |
adduce, advance, allege, allude to, appeal to, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, get down to brass tacks, give as example, illustrate with, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out, present, recite, recount, refer to, reference, rehearse, remember, reminisce, repeat, specify, spell out, tell |
| Notes: | cite means to make reference to, refer to; sight is the ability to see, the act of looking or seeing or observing, something worth seeing; site is the piece of land on which something is located or is to be located |
| Main Entry: | comment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make statement of opinion, explanation |
Synonyms: |
affirm, animadvert, annotate, assert, bring out, clarify, commentate, conclude, construe, criticize, disclose, elucidate, explain, explicate, expound, express, gloss, illustrate, interject, interpose, interpret, mention, note, notice, observe, opine, pass on, point out, pronounce, reflect, remark, say, state, touch upon |
Antonyms: |
keep quiet, refrain |
| Main Entry: | enumerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | list, count |
Synonyms: |
add up, calculate, cite, compute, count noses, detail, figure, identify, inventory, itemize, keep tabs, mention, name, number, particularize, quote, recapitulate, recite, reckon, recount, rehearse, relate, run down, run off, specialize, specify, spell out, sum, take account of, tally, tell, tick off, total |
Antonyms: |
not count |
| 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: | imply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indicate, mean |
Synonyms: |
betoken, connote, denote, designate, entail, evidence, give a hint, hint, import, include, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, mention, point to, presuppose, refer, signify, suggest |
Antonyms: |
define, explicate, express, state |
| Main Entry: | insinuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hint, suggest |
Synonyms: |
allude, ascribe, connote, imply, impute, indicate, intimate, mention, propose, purport, refer, signify |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide, withhold |