| Main Entry: | signify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mean, indicate |
Synonyms: |
add up to, announce, be a sign of, bear, bespeak, betoken, carry, communicate, connote, convey, denote, disclose, evidence, evince, exhibit, express, flash, imply, import, insinuate, intend, intimate, manifest, matter, portend, proclaim, purport, represent, show, sign, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize, talk, tell, wink |
| Main Entry: | signify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be of importance |
Synonyms: |
be of consequence, be of significance, carry weight, count, import, matter, mean, weigh |
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack with words |
Synonyms: |
backbite, bad-mouth, bash, belittle, berate, blow off, calumniate, cap, castigate, cuss out, cut down, cut to the quick, decry, defame, derogate, discount, do a number on, dump on, give a black eye, hurl brickbat, insult, knock*, minimize, nag, offend, oppress, persecute, pick on, put down*, rag on, reproach, revile, ride*, rip up, run down, scold, signify, slam*, slap, sling mud, smear, sound*, swear at, tear apart, trash*, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, zing |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
Antonyms: |
acclaim, adulate, approve, commend, compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | announce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare arrival |
Synonyms: |
augur, forebode, forecast, forerun, foreshow, foretell, harbinger, herald, indicate, portend, predict, presage, signal, signify |
Antonyms: |
be quiet, hide, withhold |
| Main Entry: | augur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict; be an omen of |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, bespeak, bode, call it, call the shots, crystal-ball, figure out, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, harbinger, have a hunch, herald, portend, presage, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, psych out, read, signify, soothsay |
| Main Entry: | communicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give or exchange information, ideas |
Synonyms: |
acquaint, advertise, advise, announce, be in touch, betray, break, broadcast, carry, connect, contact, convey, correspond, declare, disclose, discover, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, get across, get through, hint, impart, imply, inform, interact, interface, keep in touch, let on, let out, make known, network*, pass on, phone, proclaim, publicize, publish, raise, reach out, relate, report, reveal, ring up, signify, spread, state, suggest, tell, touch base, transfer, transmit, unfold, write |
Antonyms: |
bottle up, conceal, cover, keep, keep quiet, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | connote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imply |
Synonyms: |
add up to, betoken, denote, designate, evidence, express, hint at, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, mean, signify, spell, suggest |
Antonyms: |
denote |
| Main Entry: | count |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have importance |
Synonyms: |
carry weight, cut ice, enter into consideration, import, matter, mean, militate, rate, signify, tell, weigh |
| Main Entry: | denote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, mean |
Synonyms: |
add up, announce, argue, bespeak, betoken, connote, evidence, express, finger, flash, hang sign on, imply, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, make, mark, peg, prove, put down for, put finger on, show, signify, spell, stand for, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, typify |
| Main Entry: | dissemble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise, pretend |
Synonyms: |
affect, camouflage, cloak, conceal, counterfeit, cover, cover up, dissimulate, double-talk, doublespeak, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, four-flush, hide, let on, make like, mask, pass, play possum, pussyfoot, put on a false front, put on a front, put on an act, put up a front, put up a smoke screen, sham*, shroud, shuck and jive, signify, simulate, stonewall, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
admit, allow |