Synonyms of citing

citing

verb

present participle of cite

1

as in mentioning

to give as an example

cited several experts' opinions to back up her argument

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mentioning
• quoting
• referencing
• adducing
• specifying
• illustrating
• representing
• exemplifying
• documenting
• naming
• corroborating
• instancing
• sourcing
• validating
• bearing out
• substantiating
• touching (on or upon)
• adverting (to)
• referring (to)

2

as in specifying

to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically

cited a number of similar instances of people surviving plane crashes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mentioning
• specifying
• quoting
• noting
• noticing
• indicating
• indicating
• naming
• suggesting
• explaining
• introducing
• implying
• announcing
• inferring
• intimating
• dropping
• clarifying
• publishing
• instancing
• touching (on or upon)
• adverting (to)
• designating
• pronouncing
• referring (to)
• intending
• signifying
• signaling
• declaring
• interjecting
• proclaiming
• denominating
• publicizing
• advertising
• insinuating
• interpolating
• interposing
• explicating
• broadcasting
• elucidating
• broaching
• infiltrating
• alluding (to)
• signalling
• sounding
• bringing up
• pointing (out)
• hinting (at)
• spelling out
• worming
• clearing (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• disregarding
• neglecting
• forgetting
• overlooking
• slighting
• passing over
• overpassing

• ignoring
• disregarding
• neglecting
• forgetting
• overlooking
• slighting
• passing over
• overpassing

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