Imply synonyms and antonyms

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indicate
To show the need for; call for; make necessary
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suggest
To mention as something to think over, act on, etc.; bring to the mind for consideration
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connote
To imply or involve as a result, accompaniment, etc.
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insinuate
To express or otherwise convey (a thought, for example) in an indirect or insidious way.
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signify
To signify is to indicate, represent or imply something.
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hint at
To indicate
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involve
To envelop, enfold, entangle, or embarrass.
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express (antonym)
By express
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hint (related)
To hint is defined as to suggest something.
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explicate (antonym)
Explicate is defined as to analyze something to discover its meaning, or to develop something in further detail.
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entail
To bestow or impose on a person or a specified succession of heirs.
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infer
To conclude or decide from something known or assumed; derive by reasoning; draw as a conclusion
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presuppose
To require or involve necessarily as an antecedent condition:
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point to
To lead to by logical inference
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intimate
To make evident indirectly:
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import
To carry or hold the meaning of; signify:
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presume
(Now rare) To perform, do (something) without authority; to lay claim to without permission. [from 14th c.]
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mention (related)
To refer to or speak about briefly or incidentally; specify, as by name
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refer (related)
To turn one's attention, as in seeking information:
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designate (related)
To point out; mark out; indicate; specify
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intend (related)
To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); be intent upon; mean; design; plan; purpose.
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mean (related)
The definition of mean is to have in mind as a purpose.
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propose (related)
Propose is defined as to suggest or recommend or to ask for someone's hand in marriage.
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blunt
To become blunt:
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comprise
The definition of comprise means to contain.
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unrefined
To indicate
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meaning (related)
Present participle of mean.
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show (related)
Show is defined as to bring into view, teach, or display.
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incriminate
The definition of incriminate is to make someone seem guilty or to implicate someone in wrongdoing.
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inculpate
(Archaic) To imply guilt; to incriminate.
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assert (related)
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posit (related)
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constitute (related)
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assume (related)
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affirm (related)
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contradict (related)
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denote (related)
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postulate (related)
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negate (related)
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predicate
To affirm or base (something) on or upon given facts, arguments, conditions, etc.
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state (antonym)
To set forth in words; declare.
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define (antonym)
To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
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Imply Sentence Examples

  • I didn't mean to imply that there was anything wrong with the way you dress.

  • They imply a lively sense of radical human need.

  • He took a bite out of his sandwich in such a way as to imply the subject was closed.

  • When a person has a bad day, that does not imply that they are always sad.

  • Fred changed his body language to imply to the woman that he was not interested.

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