alluded to

Main Entry:
implied [im-plahyd]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hinted at
Synonyms: adumbrated, alluded to, allusive, connoted, constructive, figured, foreshadowed, hidden, implicit, indicated, indicative, indirect, inferential, inferred, inherent, insinuated, intended, involved, latent, lurking, meant, occult, parallel, perceptible, potential, significative, signified, suggested, symbolized, tacit, tacitly assumed, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unuttered, wordless
Antonyms: explicated, expressed, stated
Main Entry: bring up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: initiate, mention in conversation
Synonyms: advance, advert, allude to, broach, discuss, introduce, moot, move, offer, point out, propose, put forward, raise, raise a subject, refer, submit, tender, touch on, ventilate
Main Entry: cite
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: note, quote
Synonyms: adduce, advance, allege, allude to, appeal to, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, get down to brass tacks, give as example, illustrate with, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out, present, recite, recount, refer to, reference, rehearse, remember, reminisce, repeat, specify, spell out, tell
Notes: cite means to make reference to, refer to; sight is the ability to see, the act of looking or seeing or observing, something worth seeing; site is the piece of land on which something is located or is to be located
Main Entry: drive at
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mean, suggest as meaning
Synonyms: aim, allude to, contemplate, design, get at, have in mind, hint at, imply, indicate, intend, intimate, propose, refer to, signify
Main Entry: hint
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: suggest; indicate
Synonyms: acquaint, adumbrate, advise, allude to, angle, apprise, bring up, broach, coax, connote, cue, drop, expose, fish*, foreshadow, give an inkling, impart, imply, infer, inform, insinuate, intimate, jog memory, leak*, let it be known, let out of bag, make*, mention, point, prefigure, press, prompt, put flea in ear, recall, refer to, remind, say in passing, shadow, signify, solicit, spring, tip off, tip one's hand, touch on, whisper, wink
Main Entry: mean
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: signify, convey
Synonyms: add up, adumbrate, allude, allude to, argue, attest, augur, betoken, connote, denote, designate, determine, drive at, express, foreshadow, foretell, herald, hint at, imply, import, indicate, intimate, involve, name, point to, portend, presage, promise, purport, represent, say, speak of, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize, tell the meaning of, touch on
Notes: the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series
Main Entry: mention
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: refer to
Synonyms: acknowledge, acquaint, adduce, advert, allude to, bring up, broach, call attention to, cite, communicate, declare, designate, detail, disclose, discuss, divulge, enumerate, hint at, impart, infer, instance, intimate, introduce, make known, name, notice, notify, observe, point out, point to, quote, recount, remark, report, reveal, speak about, speak of, specify, state, suggest, tell, throw out, touch on
Main Entry: touch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make mention
Synonyms: allude to, bring in, cover, deal with, discuss, go over, mention, note, refer to, speak of, treat
Antonyms: secrete
Related Words
Main Entry: touch
Part of Speech: noun, verb
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Adjectives:
attingent, close to, contactual, conterminous, contiguous, end to end, hand to hand, haptic, in contact, intractible, itching, lambent, libant, osculatory, palpable, pertingent, tactile, tactual, tangential, tangible, touching, with no interval
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