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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert, mean |
| Synonyms: | allege, betoken, claim, convey, declare, denote, express, imply, import, indicate, intend, maintain, point to, pose as, pretend, proclaim, profess, signify, suggest |
| Main Entry: | say |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make declaration |
| Synonyms: | add, affirm, allege, announce, answer, assert, break silence, claim, come out with, communicate, conjecture, convey, declare, deliver, disclose, divulge, do, estimate, express, flap, gab, give voice, guess, imagine, imply, jaw, judge, lip, maintain, make known, mention, opine, orate, perform, pronounce, put forth, put into words, rap, read, recite, rehearse, relate, remark, render, repeat, reply, report, respond, reveal, rumor, speak, spiel*, state, suggest, tell, utter, verbalize, voice, yak |
| Notes: | say, speak, and tell are near synonyms, but say is usually followed by a statement or words actually uttered |
| Antonyms: | ask, question, request |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | seem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appear; give the impression |
| Synonyms: | assume, be suggestive of, convey the impression, create the impression, give the feeling of, give the idea of, have the appearance of, have the aspects of, have the earmarks of, have the features of, have the qualities of, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, look, look as if, look like, look to be, make a show of, pretend, resemble, show, show every sign of, sound, sound like, strike one as being, suggest |
| Antonyms: | be real |
| Main Entry: | signify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mean, indicate |
| Synonyms: | add up to, announce, be a sign of, bear, bespeak, betoken, carry, communicate, connote, convey, denote, disclose, evidence, evince, exhibit, express, flash, imply, import, insinuate, intend, intimate, manifest, matter, portend, proclaim, purport, represent, show, sign, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize, talk, tell, wink |
| Main Entry: | stand for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | signify, mean |
| Synonyms: | answer for, appear for, betoken, denote, exemplify, imply, indicate, represent, suggest, symbol, symbolize |
| Main Entry: | predicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert |
| Synonyms: | affirm, declare, imply, mean, signify, state |
| Main Entry: | bespeak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indicate |
| Synonyms: | accost, address, announce, argue, arrange, ask, attest, cite, discuss, engage, exclaim, foretell, hint, imply, request, reserve, show, speak, stipulate |
| Main Entry: | tittle-tattle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | babble, bad-mouth, bend one's ear, blab, blather, blether, chat, chatter, cut to pieces, cut up, dish, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, jaw, noise, prate, prattle, rattle on, repeat, report, rumor, schmoose, spill the beans, spread*, suggest, talk, talk idly, tattle, tell secrets, tell tales out of school, tell tales, whisper, wiggle-waggle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | Mean. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
mean, medium, intermedium, average, balance, mediocrity, generality; median, mode; golden mean (mid-course) [more]; middle; compromise; middle course, middle state; neutrality.
-verbs
split the difference; take the average; reduce to a mean; strike a balance, pair off.
-adjectives
mean, intermediate; middle; average; neutral; mediocre, middle-class; commonplace (unimportant).
-adverbs
on an average, in the long run; taking one with another, taking all things together, taking it for all in all; communibus annis, in round numbers.
-phrases
medium tenuere beati.
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