Synonyms for refer
rɪˈfɜrre·fer

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1. referverb

   Synonyms:
   delegate, direct

2. referverb

   To direct the attention of.

   The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.

   Synonyms:
   delegate, direct

3. referverb

   To submit to an authority figure for consideration.

   He referred the matter to the principal.

   Synonyms:
   direct, delegate

4. referverb

   To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.

   Synonyms:
   direct, delegate

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1. refer

   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, signify, suggest

   Preposition:
   The passage evidently alludes to the Jewish Passover.

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1. refer

   Synonyms:
   attribute, associate, assign, advert, connect, relate, point, belong, allude, apply, appeal

   Antonyms:
   disconnect, dissociate, misapply, misappertain, alienate, misbeseem, disresemble

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1. mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, referverb

   make reference to

   "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

   Synonyms:
   come to, touch, relate, give ear, concern, put forward, reference, cite, consult, pertain, adduce, summons, abduce, elevate, key out, describe, appoint, pay heed, call down, have-to doe with, conjure, lift, make, observe, arouse, key, remark, bring up, call, list, quote, conjure up, nurture, reboot, boot, advert, touch on, look up, constitute, summon, raise, identify, stir, get up, nominate, bear on, call forth, invoke, name, attend, mention, hang, evoke, rear, denote, distinguish, parent, allude, diagnose, discover, note

2. refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe withverb

   be relevant to

   "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"

   Synonyms:
   adjoin, touch, resuscitate, equal, associate, doctor, have-to doe with, cite, rival, hit, consult, fix, pertain, appertain, continue, concern, impact, mend, worry, link, strike, meet, reach, repair, connect, bushel, stir, bring up, uphold, tinge, look up, affect, occupy, restore, name, relate, touch on, interrelate, preserve, tinct, bear on, partake, allude, bear upon, mention, colligate, contact, match, tie in, come to, advert, push, furbish up, denote, carry on, revive, extend to, interest, disturb, link up, tint

3. referverb

   think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another

   "This plant can be referred to a known species"

   Synonyms:
   denote, consult, touch, bring up, touch on, relate, bear on, concern, name, advert, mention, look up, have-to doe with, come to, pertain, cite

4. referverb

   send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision

   "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee"

   Synonyms:
   denote, consult, touch, bring up, touch on, relate, bear on, concern, name, advert, mention, look up, have-to doe with, come to, pertain, cite

5. consult, refer, look upverb

   seek information from

   "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes"

   Synonyms:
   confab, relate, confer, touch, bring up, mention, name, have-to doe with, consult, advert, touch on, denote, confer with, come to, confabulate, pertain, cite, bear on, look up, concern

6. denote, referverb

   have as a meaning

   "`multi-' denotes `many' "

   Synonyms:
   name, touch, announce, mention, have-to doe with, consult, advert, touch on, bring up, denote, come to, relate, pertain, cite, bear on, look up, concern

7. referverb

   use a name to designate

   "Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary"

   Synonyms:
   denote, consult, touch, bring up, touch on, relate, bear on, concern, name, advert, mention, look up, have-to doe with, come to, pertain, cite

Matched Categories

1. • Call
   • Classify
   • Mean
   • Send

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1. referverb

   Synonyms:
   direct, consign, commit, leave, deliver over, give in charge

2. referverb

   Synonyms:
   attribute, ascribe, impute, assign

3. referverb

   Synonyms:
   relate, belong, pertain, appertain, have reference

4. referverb

   Synonyms:
   appeal, apply, have recourse

5. referverb

   Synonyms:
   allude, direct attention, make allusion, make reference, hint at

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1. referverb

   Synonyms:
   allude

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1. List of paraphrases for "refer":

   see, relate, reference, consult, mention, consults, query, transmit, footnote, designate, defer, submit, pertain

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1. Mark Griffiths:

   I refer to it being pseudo-necrophilia, there are some people who really won’t go through a necrophilia act but having someone who is drugged or asleep may be enough for someone.

2. William Golding:

   Among the virtues and vices that make up the British character, we have one vice, at least, that Americans ought to view with sympathy. For they appear to be the only people who share it with us. I mean our worship of the antique. I do not refer to beauty or even historical association. I refer to age, to a quantity of years.

3. Albert Einstein:

   As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

4. Jorge Luis Borges:

   There is a concept which corrupts and upsets all others. I refer not to Evil, whose limited realm is that of ethics; I refer to the infinite.

5. Yasuo Fukuda:

   But I think it would be good to repeat this, if we could be persuasive simply by saying that for 70 years we have been a peaceful country and made great efforts, that would be fine. But to give firmer support to what we have done, we should refer to what went before.