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  • verb idiomatic To mean; to symbolize; to represent
  • verb To advocate, to support
  • verb To tolerate

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
  • verb denote or connote
  • verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
  • verb tolerate or bear

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synonyms (146)

Words with the same meaning

  1. abide
  2. abide with
  3. advert to
  4. affirm
  5. allege
  6. allude to
  7. announce
  8. annunciate
  9. approach anchorage
  10. argue
  11. assert
  12. assever
  13. asseverate
  14. aver
  15. avouch
  16. avow
  17. be construed as
  18. be indicative of
  19. be significant of
  20. be symptomatic of
  21. be taken as
  22. bear
  23. bear down on
  24. bear down upon
  25. bear up for
  26. bear up to
  27. bear with
  28. bespeak
  29. betoken
  30. bide
  31. blink at
  32. brave
  33. breathe
  34. brook
  35. characterize
  36. close with
  37. condone
  38. connive at
  39. connote
  40. contend
  41. countenance
  42. declare
  43. denominate
  44. denote
  45. designate
  46. differentiate
  47. disclose
  48. display
  49. emblematize
  50. endure
  51. entail
  52. enunciate
  53. express
  54. fetch
  55. figure
  56. finger
  57. give evidence
  58. give token
  59. go aboard
  60. go alongside
  61. hang in
  62. hang in there
  63. hang tough
  64. have
  65. hear of
  66. highlight
  67. hint
  68. hold
  69. identify
  70. imply
  71. import
  72. indicate
  73. indulge
  74. insist
  75. involve
  76. issue a manifesto
  77. lay aboard
  78. lay down
  79. lay for
  80. lay in
  81. lie in
  82. lump
  83. lump it
  84. maintain
  85. make
  86. make at
  87. make for
  88. manifest
  89. manifesto
  90. mark
  91. mean
  92. name
  93. note
  94. overlook
  95. persevere
  96. pick out
  97. point at
  98. point out
  99. point to
  100. predicate
  101. proclaim
  102. profess
  103. pronounce
  104. protest
  105. put
  106. put away for
  107. put in
  108. put into port
  109. put it
  110. put up with
  111. reach
  112. refer to
  113. reveal
  114. run for
  115. sail for
  116. say
  117. select
  118. set down
  119. show
  120. signify
  121. speak
  122. speak out
  123. speak up
  124. specify
  125. spell
  126. stand
  127. stand on
  128. state
  129. steer toward
  130. stick
  131. stigmatize
  132. stomach
  133. submit
  134. suffer
  135. suggest
  136. support
  137. sustain
  138. symbol
  139. symbolize
  140. symptomatize
  141. symptomize
  142. take up with
  143. testify
  144. tolerate
  145. typify
  146. wink at

hypernyms (14)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. abide
  2. be
  3. bear
  4. brook
  5. digest
  6. endure
  7. equal
  8. put-up
  9. stand
  10. stick out
  11. stomach
  12. suffer
  13. support
  14. tolerate

hyponyms (2)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. denote
  2. refer

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