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| Main Entry: | signal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication; authorization |
| Synonyms: | alarm, alert, beacon, cue, flag, flare, gesture, go-ahead*, green light*, high sign*, indicator, mark, movement, nod, okay*, omen, sign, tocsin, token, wink, Mayday, SOS, bleep, blinker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | signal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indicate; give a sign to |
| Synonyms: | beckon, communicate, flag, flash, gesticulate, gesture, motion, nod, sign, warn, wave, wink, semaphore, signalize |
| Main Entry: | alarm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning, signaling device |
| Synonyms: | alert, bell, blast, buzzer, call, caution, clock, cry, drum, flap*, flash*, gong, high sign*, nod*, scramble*, scream, shout, sign, signal, siren, squeal, tip, tocsin, trumpet, warning, whistle, wink*, yell, Mayday, SOS, forewarning, horn, tip off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning |
| Synonyms: | admonition, alarm, flap*, high sign*, sign, signal, siren, wink*, Mayday, SOS, tip off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | warn |
| Synonyms: | alarm, flag, forewarn, inform, notify, signal, tip, give the high sign, put on guard, tip off, wave flag |
| 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 |
| Notes: | to announce is to make known publicly; to pronounce is to declare officially or formally |
| Antonyms: | hide, withhold, be quiet |
| Main Entry: | beep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sound from electronic device |
| Synonyms: | ding, signal, tone, warning, bell sound, bleep, breedle, computer sound, eep, feep |
| Main Entry: | buoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | floating device |
| Synonyms: | beacon, drift, float, guide, marker, signal |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | yelled statement |
| Synonyms: | alarm, calling, command, cry, hail, holler*, scream, shout, signal, whoop, yawp, yell, ahoy, all hail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foghorn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning signal |
| Synonyms: | alarm, signal, siren, danger signal |
| 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: | gesture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | motion as communication |
| Synonyms: | action, body language, bow, curtsy, expression, high sign, indication, intimation, mime, nod, reminder, salute, sign, sign language, signal, token, wave, wink, genuflection, gesticulation, kinesics, pantomime, shrug |
| Antonyms: | speech |
| 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: | guide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information, instructions |
| Synonyms: | ABCs, beacon*, bellwether*, bible, catalog, chapter and verse*, clue, compendium, directory, enchiridion, guidebook, guiding light, handbook, hot lead, key, landmark, lodestar, manual, mark, marker, no-no's, pointer, print, sign, signal, signpost, telltale, the book, the numbers, tip-off, vade mecum |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guideline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | direction |
| Synonyms: | clue, code, guidance, guide, instruction, key, mark, marker, precept, protocol, rule, signal, ground rule, standard procedure |
| Main Entry: | hail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call to, yell for |
| Synonyms: | accost, address, flag, greet, hello, holler*, salute, shoulder, shout, signal, welcome, yawp*, flag down, sing out, speak to, wave down, whistle down, whistle for, yoo-hoo |
| Antonyms: | whisper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harbinger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication |
| Synonyms: | augury, forerunner, herald, messenger, omen, portent, precursor, sign, signal, foretoken |
| Main Entry: | herald |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | omen, messenger |
| Synonyms: | adviser, bearer, courier, forerunner, harbinger, indication, precursor, prophet, reporter, runner, sign, signal, token, crier, outrider |
| 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: | indication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence, clue |
| Synonyms: | augury, cue, earnest, explanation, expression, gesture, hint, implication, index, inkling, intimation, manifestation, mark, nod, note, notion, omen, pledge, portent, preamble, proof, reminder, show, sign, signal, significant, suggestion, symptom, telltale, token, trace, vestige, warning, wind*, wink*, adumbration, attestation, auspice, forewarning, indicia, prefiguration, prognostic, prolegomenon, signifier |
| Antonyms: | misinformation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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