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Synonyms for indicate
ˈɪn dɪˌkeɪtin·di·cate

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. indicate

    Advert, mention, and refer are used of language that more or less distinctly utters a certain thought; the others of language from which it may be inferred. We allude to a matter slightly, perhaps by a word or phrase, as it were in byplay; we advert to it when we turn from our path to treat it; we refer to it by any clear utterance that distinctly turns the mind or attention to it; as, marginal figures refer to a parallel passage; we mention a thing by explicit word, as by naming it. The speaker adverted to the recent disturbances and the remissness of certain public officers; tho he mentioned no name, it was easy to see to whom he alluded. One may hint at a thing in a friendly way, but what is insinuated is always unfavorable, generally both hostile and cowardly. One may indicate his wishes, intimate his plans, imply his opinion, signify his will, suggest a course of action. Compare SUGGESTION.

    Synonyms:
    advert, allude, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, mention, point, refer, signify, suggest

    Preposition:
    The passage evidently alludes to the Jewish Passover.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. indicate

    Synonyms:
    show, evidence, betray, evince, manifest, declare, specify, denote, point out, betoken, designate, mark

    Antonyms:
    conceal, contradict, negative, misindicate, misdirect, falsify

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signalverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    predict, augur, foreshadow, taper, call for, prognosticate, place, suggest, betoken, show, head, guide, request, foretell, maneuver, auspicate, signalise, point, channelize, level, channelise, signal, sign, steer, quest, manoeuver, signalize, aim, designate, manoeuvre, portend, direct, bode, charge, luff, presage, repoint, argue, bespeak, target, orient, omen, forecast, sharpen, prefigure

    Antonyms:
    contraindicate

  2. indicate, point, designate, showverb

    indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

    "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"

    Synonyms:
    fate, taper, place, suggest, demo, exhibit, register, show, testify, head, depict, target, evidence, sharpen, maneuver, present, read, specify, point, channelize, record, betoken, denominate, repoint, channelise, picture, assign, signal, shew, steer, usher, intend, manoeuver, delegate, destine, aim, designate, manoeuvre, depute, level, prove, render, direct, charge, luff, doom, establish, demonstrate, evince, argue, bespeak, express, orient, guide, show up, bear witness

    Antonyms:
    contraindicate

  3. indicateverb

    to state or express briefly

    "indicated his wishes in a letter"

    Synonyms:
    designate, show, suggest, signal, point, argue, betoken, bespeak

    Antonyms:
    contraindicate

  4. argue, indicateverb

    give evidence of

    "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"

    Synonyms:
    suggest, designate, fence, show, debate, reason, signal, point, argue, betoken, bespeak, contend

    Antonyms:
    contraindicate

  5. indicate, suggestverb

    suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine

    "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

    Synonyms:
    propose, designate, show, suggest, hint, signal, point, argue, betoken, paint a picture, bespeak, advise, evoke, intimate

    Antonyms:
    contraindicate

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. indicateverb

    Synonyms:
    show, denote, betoken, mark, designate, signify, point out, shadow forth, be the sign of

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. indicateverb

    Synonyms:
    designate, betoken, signify

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How to use indicate in a sentence?

  1. The VIX:

    Markets have tumbled over the last four days, bringing the recent late-summer comeback into doubt. The VIX is just now catching up to The VIX, and only sort of. Digging in : Thirty is considered a high benchmark for The VIX. Volatility Index floated around 20 and below — which would indicate less volatility — for most of August. Volatility Index hit 25 on Wednesday. In theory, if Volatility Index were to predict future market moves, Volatility Index would have risen that high ahead of last week's selloff, Scott Bauer, CEO of Prosper Trading Academy who worked for 15 years as a market maker at the CBOE, told me.Cliff Asness of AQR Capital Management agrees that Volatility Index has limited utility :.

  2. Ken Hon:

    All signs indicate that it will stay within the crater, we’re not seeing any indications that lava is moving into the lower part of the east rift zone where people live. Currently all the activity is within the park.

  3. Fernando Simon:

    Health Alerts and Emergencies are approaching the period in which perhaps, if Health Alerts and Emergencies are lucky, Health Alerts and Emergencies will turn the curve, stabilize and it'll start to go down, the models indicate that we are not very far away, but relaxing the measures prematurely would mean starting again and we have to be very careful.

  4. Liwa Shuhada al-Islam:

    Our monitoring showed there were heavy vehicle deployments on the southern edge of the city, the regime is continuing to pour in more equipment, fighters... All these movements indicate that the regime is planning something.

  5. Mitch Mortvedt:

    That's the only thing that we have come up with at this point, you know, we have nothing to indicate, at this time, that there was anything to do with human trafficking in Xavior's disappearance.


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