Synonyms of mentioning

mentioning

verb

present participle of mention

1

as in specifying

to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically

you only mentioned in passing some of your accomplishments

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in citing

to give as an example

mentioned several legal precedents in support of her argument

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mentioning

One minor point worth mentioning, though, is that in the new trailer (shown below), the Billbine gets its new long rifle launcher (shown above) as seen in the Side R footage from 2024. — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Insider Monkey also included Springfield on its list of best places to retire in Vermont, mentioning small-town living and quality healthcare at Springfield Hospital. — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026

Hugging Face had not listed Artifactory in its blog post about the incident, only mentioning an unspecified package registry cache proxy. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 29 July 2026

Without mentioning El-Sayed’s name, Whitmer strongly suggested that Stevens would be the stronger general-election candidate. — Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

After weeks of not mentioning or recognizing the protests, Modi issued his first public response on Thursday to demonstrations. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

The filmmakers found that even mentioning her bloodline repelled potential subjects from agreeing to be interviewed. — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 22 July 2026

Reviews on Keranique’s BBB profile are mostly negative, mentioning refund issues and difficulty canceling subscriptions. — Nicole Hernandez, USA Today, 21 July 2026

Facebook posts reviewed by Fox News Digital show Birmingham and the couple appeared to have been close friends for roughly a decade, with posts mentioning the Elrods dating back nearly 10 years. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026