Synonyms for signify
ˈsɪg nəˌfaɪsig·ni·fy

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1. signify

   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, indicate, insinuate, intimate, mention, point, refer, suggest

   Preposition:
   The passage evidently alludes to the Jewish Passover.

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1. signify

   Synonyms:
   portend, purport, prognosticate, mean, represent, indicate, communicate, denote, betoken, declare, utter, forebode, presage

   Antonyms:
   conceal, suppress, misindicate, misdenote, nullify, refute, neutralize, preclude

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1. mean, intend, signify, stand forverb

   denote or connote

   "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

   Synonyms:
   entail, mean, typify, hold still for, represent, destine, stand for, imply, symbolise, specify, have in mind, designate, think, correspond, think of, symbolize, intend

2. signifyverb

   convey or express a meaning

   "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"

   Synonyms:
   intend, mean, stand for

3. signifyverb

   make known with a word or signal

   "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal"

   Synonyms:
   intend, mean, stand for

Matched Categories

1. • Indicate
   • Mean

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1. signifyverb

   Synonyms:
   denote, betoken, mean, imply, intimate, indicate, purport

2. signifyverb

   Synonyms:
   express, declare, proclaim, make known

3. signifyverb

   Synonyms:
   import, matter, be of importance, be of consequence

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1. signifyverb

   Synonyms:
   indicate, betoken, denote, mean, matter

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1. List of paraphrases for "signify":

   mean, indicate

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How to use signify in a sentence?

1. Mohandas Ghandi:

   Non-violence does not signify that man must not fight against the enemy, and by enemy is meant the evil which men do, not the human beings themselves.

2. Joshua Monge:

   We would like to offer you this to signify our appreciation, it is very fat and very sweet.

3. Andrew Cuomo:

   I understand the feelings about Christopher Columbus and some of his acts, which nobody would support, but the statue has come to represent and signify appreciation for the Italian-American contribution to New York.

4. Vladan Kuzmanovic:

   The avant-garde is a connotation, every act here is a connotative value. The whole series of avant-garde movements do not signify, and yet their concepts are reconnotation.

5. Bill Maher:

   Woke -- I don't remember the day the term was born, although I hear Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says, ‘ Only old people use Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez now. ’ Well, you gave it to us. Like five years ago. So sorry we didn't get the memo, in its best sense, if we're talking about being aware of things we should have always been aware of more, reckonings that we've had … but there's a reason why the term ‘ woke ’ has come to signify going too far. And doing things that don't make sense.