imply

imply is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To infold or involve; to wrap up. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To infold or involve; to wrap up.
2. transitive verb. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting.
3. transitive verb. To refer, ascribe, or attribute.
4. verb. express or state indirectly

   Synonyms: connote

5. verb. suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
6. verb. have as a logical consequence

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

   Synonyms: entail, mean

7. verb. have as a necessary feature

   "This decision involves many changes"

   Synonyms: involve

8. verb. suggest that someone is guilty

   Synonyms: incriminate, inculpate

Synonyms

connote, entail, mean, involve, incriminate, inculpate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in imply:

limpy, pilmy

Common word forms

implied, implies, implying

Words from these letters

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