Word Meanings - INDICATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants. (more info) pref. in- in + dicare to proclaim; akin to dicere to say. See 1. To point out; to discover;
Additional info about word: INDICATE
To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants. (more info) pref. in- in + dicare to proclaim; akin to dicere to say. See 1. To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known. That turns and turns to indicate From what point blows the weather. Cowper.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INDICATE)
- Allude
- Point
- indicate
- suggest
- hint
- signify
- insinuate
- refer
- imply
- intimate
- Bespeak
- Betoken
- foreorder
- forestall
- provide
- prearrange
- evidence
- Teach
- proclaim
- presage
- augur
- portend
- foreshow
- forebode
- declare
- manifest
- involve
- Betray
- Deceive
- delude
- dupe
- circumvent
- ensnare
- dishonor
- reveal
- Discover
- Find
- invent
- descry
- disclose
- unearth
- ferret out
- ascertain
- discern
- make known
- detect
- betray
Related words: (words related to INDICATE)
- INVENTIVE
Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius. Dryden. -- In*vent"ive*ly, adv. -- In*vent"ive*ness, n. - BETOKEN
1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. Milton. 2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen - TEACHER
1. One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor. 2. One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination. - IMPLY
1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. "His head in curls implied." Chapman. 2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. Where a mulicious act is - DISCERNANCE
Discernment. - TEACHABLENESS
Willingness to be taught. - SUGGESTER
One who suggests. Beau. & Fl. - SUGGEST
1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke. 2. To propose with difference or modesty; - DETECTOR BAR
A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance between any two consecutive wheels of a train , laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until all the train is past the switch. - ASCERTAINMENT
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke. - INTIMATE
corresponding to the compar. interior cf. F. intime. The form 1. Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. "I knew from intimate impulse." Milton. 2. Near; close; direct; thorough; complete. He was honored with an intimate and immediate - CIRCUMVENTOR
One who circumvents; one who gains his purpose by cunning. - ASCERTAINABLE
That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv. - INVOLVEDNESS
The state of being involved. - UNEARTHLY
Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n. - SUGGESTRESS
A woman who suggests. "The suggestress of suicides." De Quincey. - SUGGESTION
Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party. (more info) 1. The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea. 2. That which is suggested; - INVENTRESS
A woman who invents. Dryden. - REFER
1. To carry or send back. Chaucer. 2. Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, infirmation, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar - REFERENTIAL
Containing a reference; pointing to something out of itself; as, notes for referential use. -- Ref`er*en"tial*ly, adv. - INEVIDENCE
Want of evidence; obscurity. Barrow. - SCHOOL-TEACHER
One who teaches or instructs a school. -- School"-teach`ing, n. - COVER-POINT
The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." - INAUGURATE
Invested with office; inaugurated. Drayton. (more info) omens from the flight of birds (before entering upon any important undertaking); hence, to consecrate, inaugurate, or install, with such - PREFERMENT
1. The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference. Natural preferment of the one . . . before the other. Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion. Neither