indicate

indicate is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
2. transitive verb. To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants.
3. transitive verb. To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
4. verb. give evidence of

   "The evidence argues for your claim"

   "The results indicate the need for more work"

   Synonyms: argue

5. verb. be a signal for or a symptom of

   "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"

   "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"

   Synonyms: bespeak, betoken, point, signal

6. verb. indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

   "I showed the customer the glove section"

   "He pointed to the empty parking space"

   Synonyms: designate, point, show

7. verb. to state or express briefly

   "indicated his wishes in a letter"

8. verb. suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine

   "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

   Synonyms: suggest

Synonyms

argue, bespeak, betoken, point, signal, designate, show, suggest

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in indicate:

actinide, ctenidia, diacetin, diactine

Common word forms

indicated, indicates, indicating

Words from these letters

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