Synonyms of implies

implies

verb

present tense third-person singular of imply

as in indicates

to convey an idea indirectly

they may have implied that they'd help, but they didn't actually say so

Synonyms & Similar Words

• indicates
• suggests
• hints
• refers
• alludes
• infers
• intimates
• signifies
• insinuates
• mentions
• signals
• points
• signalizes
• smells (of)
• smacks (of)
• adverts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• announces
• declares
• proclaims
• explains
• describes
• elucidates
• spells out
• delineates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of implies

His $72 dollar target on TeraWulf implies a tripling from here. — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 16 July 2026

The correlation implies that if the cost of AI falls, so does the value of equity in the companies that supply computing power for those AI models—presumably because lower compute revenues mean lower earnings per share. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 July 2026

And somehow, the album was still more audacious and ambitious than that description implies. — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026

Beirut Fragments is less a memoir of survival than one of endurance, as survival implies an intactness on the far side of catastrophe—a wholeness that often exists only in the eyes of others. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026

Bombas Everyday Compression Knee-high Socks are, as the name implies, a pair that’s comfortable enough to wear even when not in the air. — Morgan Ashley Parker, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026

Blood flow restriction shorts—or BFR shorts for short—basically do what their name implies. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026

Most of the peril comes with dangerous ship-wrecking moments, including one that implies the death of Moana's relative, while our heroine herself almost drowns on her first voyage from land. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026

As its namesake implies, The Paperworks operates out of a paper making building made in 1925. — Emma Hall july 6, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026