Synonyms for indicate
ˈɪn dɪˌkeɪtin·di·cate

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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.

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1. indicate

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

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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Inform
   • Present

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1. indicateverb

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

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1. indicateverb

   Synonyms:
   designate, betoken, signify

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1. List of paraphrases for "indicate":

   show, suggest, indicates, specify, reveal, identify, denote, demonstrate, indicating, describe, enter, outline, angel, signify, clarify, disclose, indication, provide, state, mention, indicated, explain, reflect, illustrate, inform

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How to use indicate in a sentence?

1. Joshua Cohen:

   While impact monitors can be used as a guide to indicate potential risk and improve training and evaluation techniques, experts stress that these new technologies can not diagnose a concussion. None of [ it ] takes into account what actually happens inside the brain because of those hits or the duration of time that that hit happens, all which will affect the likelihood of getting a concussion and will determine how severe the concussion could be.

2. Merrick Garland:

   In some circumstances, a respondent’s mental health condition may indicate that the respondent does not pose a danger to the community, of course, an individual may pose a danger to the community notwithstanding a mental health condition, and in those cases, the ‘ particularly serious crime ’ bar to asylum and withholding of removal may apply.

3. Greg Scott:

   Should evidence indicate that the Competition Act has been contravened, the Commissioner will take appropriate action.

4. The CDC:

   Collaborative investigative efforts of state, local and federal public health and regulatory officials indicate that pistachios produced by Wonderful Pistachios are a likely source of this outbreak.

5. Another British archaeologist:

   Without all this distracting color you can see all sort of things. You can see lines that indicate corners of cut walls, and these are the things that I noticed first, if I'm right, this is simply part of the entrance to the tomb of Nefertiti. The tomb, I think, continues beyond this wall. There will be a burial chamber beyond there.