allude to
verb
Roget 527:
tell;
inform,
inform of;
acquaint,
acquaint with;
impart,
impart to;
make acquaintance with,
apprise,
advise,
enlighten,
awaken;
transmit.
let fall,
mention,
express,
intimate,
represent,
communicate,
make known;
publish
etc.
531;
notify,
signify,
specify,
convey the knowledge of.
let one know,
have one to know;
give one to understand;
give notice;
set before,
lay before,
put before;
point out,
put into one's head;
put one in possession of;
instruct
etc.
(teach)
537;
direct the attention to
etc.
457.
announce,
annunciate;
report,
report progress;
bringword†,
send word,
leave word,
write word;
telegraph,
telephone;
wire;
retail,
render an account;
give an account
etc.
(describe)
594;
state
etc.
(affirm)
535.
[disclose inadvertently or reluctantly]
let slip,
blurt out,
spill the beans,
unburden oneself of,
let off one's chest;
disclose
etc.
529.
show cause;
explain
etc.
(interpret)
522.
hint;
given an inkling of;
give a hint,
drop a hint,
throw out a hint;
insinuate;
allude to,
make allusion to;
glance at;
tip the wink
etc.
(indicate)
550;
suggest,
prompt,
give the cue,
breathe;
whisper,
whisper in the ear.
give a bit of one's mind;
tell one plainly,
tell once for all;
speak volumes.
undeceive†,
unbeguile†;
set right,
correct,
open the eyes of,
disabuse,
disillusion one of.
be informed of
&c.;
know
etc.
490;
learn
etc.
539;
get scent of,
get wind of,
gather from;
awaken to,
open one's eyes to;
become alive,
become awake to;
hear,
overhear,
understand.
come to one's ears,
come to one's knowledge;
reach one's ears.
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Roget 526:
be latent
etc.
adj.;
lurk,
smolder,
underlie,
make no sign;
escape observation,
escape detection,
escape recognition;
lie hid
etc.
528.
laugh in one's sleeve;
keep back
etc.
(conceal)
528.
involve,
imply,
understand,
allude to,
infer,
leave an inference;
entail;
whisper
etc.
(conceal)
528.
[understand the implication]
read between the lines.
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Roget 521:
employ a metaphor
etc.
n.;
personify,
allegorize,
adumbrate,
shadow forth,
apply,
allude to.
Roget 514:
suppose,
conjecture,
surmise,
suspect,
guess,
divine;
theorize;
presume,
presurmise†,
presuppose;
assume,
fancy,
wis†,
take it;
give a guess,
speculate,
believe,
dare say,
take it into one's head,
take for granted;
imagine
etc.
515.
put forth;
propound,
propose;
start,
put a case,
submit,
move,
make a motion;
hazard out,
throw out a suggestion,
put forward a suggestion,
put forward conjecture.
allude to,
suggest,
hint,
put it into one's head.
suggest itself
etc.
(thought)
451;
run in the head
etc.
(memory)
505;
marvel if,
wonder if,
wonder whether.
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Roget 516:
mean,
signify,
express;
import,
purport;
convey,
imply,
breathe,
indicate,
bespeak,
bear a sense;
tell of,
speak of;
touch on;
point to,
allude to;
drive at;
involve
etc.
(latency)
526;
declare
etc.
(affirm)
535.
understand by
etc.
(interpret)
522.
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Moby thesaurus: address to, adumbrate, advert to, allegorize, assume, be taken as, blurt, blurt out, bring to attention, bring to mind, bring to notice, call attention to, cite, comment, connote, denominate, denote, designate, direct attention to, direct to, drop a hint, emblematize, entail, exclaim, figure, finger, focus on, give a hint, give the cue, glance at, hint, hint at, implicate, imply, import, indicate, infer, insinuate, interject, intimate, involve, let drop, let fall, make reference to, mean, mean to say, mention, muse, name, note, observe, opine, pick out, point at, point indirectly to, point out, point to, presume, presuppose, prompt, refer to, reflect, remark, select, speak, specify, stand for, stigmatize, suggest, suppose, symbol, symbolize, take for granted, touch on, typify ... show more.
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