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

The endorsement was not raised at the press conference, with neither mentioning the other in their remarks. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

Another thing worth mentioning about #1 Aspinall Street is that there is handsome photograph of Ted placed in the upstairs bathroom, which was once the bedroom that Ted and Olwyn, Ted’s sister, shared. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

On the campaign trail, Lozano has leaned heavily on his law enforcement credentials to vouch for Fishback, without mentioning his own troubled history with the department. — Carlton Gillespie, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026

Kardashian has spoken about her experience with psoriasis since first mentioning it on a 2011 episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026

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