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Verbs (10)

indicate

v. to state or express briefly; "indicated his wishes in a letter"

indicate, suggest

v. suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

argue, indicate

v. give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"

bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal

v. be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"

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Fuzzynyms (42)

mean, stand for, intend, signify

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

entail, imply, mean

v. have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

hint, suggest

v. drop a hint; intimate by a hint

prefigure

v. imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"

beckon, wave

v. signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably"

connote, predicate

v. involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"

touch

v. deal with; usually used with a form of negation; "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"; "The local Mafia won't touch gambling"

insinuate

v. introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner; "He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table"

imply

v. suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic

signify

v. make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal"

imply, connote

v. express or state indirectly

spell

v. take turns working; "the workers spell every four hours"

affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

declare

v. state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"

allege, aver, say

v. report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

challenge

v. ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"

deal

v. behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"

manifest

v. reveal its presence or make an appearance; "the ghost manifests each year on the same day"

signify

v. make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal"

denote, refer

v. have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "

mean, intend, signify, stand for

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

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Antonyms (2)

contraindicate

v. make a treatment inadvisable

contraindicate

v. make a treatment inadvisable

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