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 new price target implies roughly 23% upside from Alphabet's closing price on Wednesday. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 23 July 2026

As their name implies, these highly specialized vessels are designed specifically to transport supplies to and from oil rigs and wind farms at sea. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 July 2026

But when two students are interacting with one another, Pfefferkorn noted that implies some level of institutional responsibility. — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

The fact that Congress is trying to change this situation further implies that existing law may not apply to an AI model’s output. — João Marinotti, The Conversation, 21 July 2026

Hanania’s theory of populism implies that this won’t actually win back the working class. — Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 19 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