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| Main Entry: | refer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mention |
| Synonyms: | accredit, adduce, advert, allude, ascribe, assign, associate, attribute, bring up, charge, cite, credit, designate, excerpt, exemplify, extract, glance, hint, impute, indicate, insert, instance, interpolate, introduce, invoke, lay, name, notice, point, point out, quote, specify, direct attention, give as example, make allusion, make mention of, make reference, put down to, speak about, speak of, touch on |
| Notes: | allude is 'mention indirectly, hint at' and refer is 'mention directly' |
| Main Entry: | refer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | direct, guide |
| Synonyms: | commit, consign, deliver, hand over, introduce, point, recommend, relegate, send, submit, transfer, turn over, hand in, pass on, put in touch |
| Antonyms: | hold back |
| Main Entry: | refer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | concern, apply |
| Synonyms: | answer, appertain, belong, connect, cover, encompass, hold, include, incorporate, involve, pertain, point, regard, relate, take in, touch, be a matter of, be about, be directed to, be relevant, bear upon, correspond with, deal with, have a bearing on, have reference, have relation, have to do with |
| Main Entry: | refer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seek information |
| Synonyms: | advise, apply, commune, confer, consult, go, look up, recur, repair, resort, run, turn, have recourse, turn to |
| Main Entry: | allude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hint at |
| Synonyms: | advert, bring up, imply, insinuate, intimate, point, refer, suggest |
| Main Entry: | appertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belong, be connected |
| Synonyms: | apply, bear, pertain, refer, relate, vest, be characteristic of, be part of, be pertinent, be proper, be relevant, have to do with, touch upon |
| Main Entry: | ascribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign to source |
| Synonyms: | accredit, attribute, charge, credit, hang on, impute, lay, refer, reference, pin on, set down |
| Main Entry: | attribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ascribe, assign to source |
| Synonyms: | account for, accredit, apply, associate, blame, charge, connect, credit, hang on, impute, lay, refer, reference, trace, fix upon, hold responsible, pin on |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | define, explicate, express, state |
| Main Entry: | impute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attribute |
| Synonyms: | accredit, accuse, adduce, ascribe, assign, blame, brand, censure, charge, credit, hint, indict, insinuate, intimate, lay, refer, reference, stigmatize, hang something on, pin on |
| Antonyms: | defend, guard, help, protect |
| Main Entry: | instance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | name |
| Synonyms: | adduce, cite, exemplify, illustrate, mention, quote, refer, show, specify |
| Main Entry: | notice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | observe, perceive |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, advert, allude, catch, clock, descry, detect, dig*, discern, distinguish, espy, heed, make out*, mark, mind, note, recognize, refer, regard, remark, see, spot, take in, flash on, get a load of, look at, pick up on |
| Antonyms: | ignore, miss, neglect, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be relevant to |
| Synonyms: | affect, appertain, apply, associate, bear on, belong, combine, concern, connect, join, refer, regard, relate, touch, vest, be appropriate, be part of, be pertinent, befit, inhere with |
| 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: | solicit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plead for; try to sell |
| Synonyms: | accost, apply, approach, ask, beg, beseech, bespeak, bum, cadge, call, canvass, challenge, claim, crave, demand, desire, drum*, drum up*, entreat, exact, go, hawk, hustle, implore, importune, inquire, mooch, panhandle, peddle, petition, postulate, pray, promote, proposition, query, question, refer, request, require, requisition, resort, seduce, seek, sponge, steer, supplicate, touch, tout, turn, come on to, hit on*, hit up, pass the hat, sue for, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | disapprove, refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accredit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attribute responsibility or achievement |
| Synonyms: | ascribe, assign, charge, credit, refer |
| Main Entry: | appeal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
| Synonyms: | address, adjure, advance, apply, ask, beg, beseech, bid, call, claim, contest, crave, demand, entreat, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, propose, proposition, question, refer, require, solicit, strike, submit, sue, supplicate, urge, call upon, hit on, resort to |
| Antonyms: | deny, disclaim, recall, refuse, renounce, retract, revoke |
| Main Entry: | assign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select and give a responsibility |
| Synonyms: | accredit, allow, appoint, ascribe, attach, attribute, authorize, cast, charge, choice, commission, commit, credit, delegate, deputize, designate, downlink, download, draft, elect, empower, enroll, entrust, hang on*, hire, impute, name, nominate, ordain, refer, reference, select, slot, tab, tag, hold responsible, pin on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | belong |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be part of, be in proper place |
| Synonyms: | accord, agree, appertain, apply, associate, bear, become, chime, concern, correlate, correspond, exist, fit, go, harmonize, match, permeate, pertain, refer, regard, reside, set, suit, touch, vest, attach to, be a component, be a constituent, be a part, be akin, be an adjunct of, be connected with, be fitting, be linked with, be related, be relevant, bear upon, befit, go with, have relationship to, have respect to, have to do with, inhere |
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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