Synonyms for imply
ɪmˈplaɪim·p·ly

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1. implyverb

   to have as a necessary consequence

   The proposition that all dogs are mammals implies that my dog is a mammal

   Synonyms:
   entail

2. implyverb

   Synonyms:
   hint, allude, insinuate, suggest

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1. imply

   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, indicate, insinuate, intimate, mention, point, refer, signify, suggest

   Preposition:
   The passage evidently alludes to the Jewish Passover.

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1. imply

   Synonyms:
   involve, mean, indicate, suggest, hint, import, denote, include

   Antonyms:
   express, declare, state, pronounce

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1. imply, connoteverb

   express or state indirectly

   Synonyms:
   predicate, incriminate, involve, inculpate, entail, connote, mean

2. implyverb

   suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic

   Synonyms:
   connote, inculpate, incriminate, entail, mean, involve

3. entail, imply, meanverb

   have as a logical consequence

   "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

   Synonyms:
   intend, incriminate, involve, implicate, inculpate, entail, have in mind, connote, stand for, signify, fee-tail, mean, think, think of

4. incriminate, imply, inculpateverb

   suggest that someone is guilty

   Synonyms:
   incriminate, involve, accuse, inculpate, entail, impeach, connote, mean, criminate

5. imply, involveverb

   have as a necessary feature

   "This decision involves many changes"

   Synonyms:
   entail, call for, demand, mean, involve, need, postulate, require, affect, necessitate, inculpate, incriminate, ask, regard, connote, take

Matched Categories

1. • Express
   • Have
   • Suggest

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1. implyverb

   Synonyms:
   involve (as a consequence), include (by implication), import, signify, mean

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1. List of paraphrases for "imply":

   involve, mean, entail, term, insinuate, suggest

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1. Mohamed Younis:

   There is nothing in the data that we found that would imply that anyone is particularly trying to come to the U.S..

2. Jeffrey Lewis:

   Together, these two things would imply that North Korea intended to disclose some sites as part of the denuclearization process, while retaining others.

3. Martin Dempsey:

   But that does not imply we're not doing enough.

4. Mohamad Allaf:

   Certainly, staying a little longer may imply that this is a little bit more of a complex situation, the larger the growth in the kidney, the more side effects that can happen from the procedure, which would imply additional monitoring. Sometimes, a second stage of the procedure is performed because the growth, for example, may have multiple blood vessels, and so they may just want to evaluate for clinical success.

5. Maros Sefcovic:

   It would imply that we are going to build excessive capacity ... and which would make it economically very difficult to operate the Ukrainian transit route.