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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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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
• instancing
• naming
• corroborating
• validating
• sourcing
• bearing out
• substantiating
• adverting (to)
• touching (on or upon)
• referring (to)