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Imply

To infold or involve; to wrap up.

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Manner of action 7

Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Connote 76% connected

To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Intimate 76% connected

Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Predicate 76% connected

To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.

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Presuppose 76% connected

To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suggest 76% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

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Suppose 76% connected

To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the real…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 6

Evince 76% connected

To conquer; to subdue.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Express 76% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

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Feature 76% connected

The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Necessitate 76% connected

To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 12

Connotation 74% connected

The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Connotation 74% connected

The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crime 74% connected

Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crime 74% connected

Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Implication 74% connected

The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Implication 74% connected

The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Incriminatory 74% connected

Of or pertaining to crimination; tending to incriminate; criminatory.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Incriminatory 74% connected

Of or pertaining to crimination; tending to incriminate; criminatory.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inculpation 74% connected

Blame; censure; crimination.

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Inculpation 74% connected

Blame; censure; crimination.

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Synonym 6

Connote 92% connected

To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Entail 92% connected

That which is entailed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Incriminate 92% connected

To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inculpate 92% connected

To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Involve 92% connected

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mean 92% connected

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Softer synonym 1

Show 88% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

academic reporting verbs 62% interchangeable stronger

Curated member of Academic reporting verbs.

Academic alternative 1

Show 84% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

academic reporting verbs 55% interchangeable

Use when a meaning or conclusion is communicated indirectly.

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