| Main Entry: | signalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gesture |
Synonyms: |
act out, flag, gesticulate, give the high sign, indicate, mime, motion, pantomime, sign*, signal, use one's hands, use sign language, wave |
| Main Entry: | signalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distinguish |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, admire, celebrate, characterize, differentiate, dignify, discriminate, elevate, ennoble, exalt, honor, immortalize, individualize, mark*, pay tribute to, praise, set apart, singularize |
| Main Entry: | celebrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commemorate occasion, achievement |
Synonyms: |
beat the drum, bless, blow off steam, carouse, ceremonialize, commend, consecrate, dedicate, drink to, eulogize, exalt, extol, feast, fete, glorify, hallow, have a ball, honor, jubilate, keep, kick up one's heels, laud, let loose, lionize, live it up, make merry, make whoopee, mark with a red letter, memorialize, observe, paint the town red, party*, perform, praise, proclaim, publicize, raise hell, rejoice, revel, revere, ritualize, signalize, solemnize |
Antonyms: |
disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | characterize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | typify, distinguish |
Synonyms: |
belong to, brand, button down, constitute, define, delineate, describe, designate, differentiate, discriminate, feature, identify, indicate, individualize, individuate, inform, make up, mark, outline, peculiarize, peg, personalize, pigeonhole, portray, represent, signalize, singularize, stamp, style, symbolize, tab, typecast |
| Main Entry: | distinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell the difference |
Synonyms: |
analyze, ascertain, categorize, characterize, classify, collate, decide, demarcate, determinate, determine, diagnose, diagnosticate, differentiate, discriminate, divide, estimate, extricate, figure out, finger*, identify, individualize, individuate, judge, know, label, make out, mark, mark off, name, part, pinpoint, place, qualify, recognize, select, separate, set apart, set off, sift, signalize, single out, singularize, sort out, specify, spot, tag, tell apart, tell between, tell from |
| Main Entry: | distinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make famous |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, admire, celebrate, dignify, honor, immortalize, pay tribute to, praise, signalize |
| Main Entry: | gesture/gesticulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make signs, motions to communicate |
Synonyms: |
act out, flag, indicate, mime, pantomime, signal, signalize, use one's hands, use sign language, wave |
Antonyms: |
speak |
| Main Entry: | mark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | characterize |
Synonyms: |
bespeak, betoken, brand, check off, demonstrate, denote, designate, distinguish, earmark, evidence, evince, exemplify, exhibit, feature, identify, illustrate, indicate, individualize, individuate, label, manifest, mark off, ostend, point out, point up, proclaim, qualify, remark, set apart, show, show up, signalize, signify, singularize, stake out, stamp |
| Main Entry: | motion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gesture, direct |
Synonyms: |
beckon, flag, gesticulate, guide, invite, move, nod, sign, signal, signalize, wave |
Antonyms: |
be still |
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | characterize, distinguish |
Synonyms: |
ascribe, assign, attribute, describe, designate, impute, individualize, individuate, mark, name, predicate, signalize, singularize |
| Notes: | qualify means to describe the character or the qualities or peculiarities of - or to prove capable or fit, while quantify means to express as a number or measure or quantity |