POINT (OUT) Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

point (out)

verb

Definition of point (out)

as in to indicate

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The Ukrainian leader said the Flamingo made its combat debut in 2025, and open-source intelligence reports indicate its use has been on the increase this year.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Nike has never before given the Air Max 2001 Air Ecstasy a retro release before, but leaks from earlier this summer indicate the shoe will get a wider revival through in-line drops.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of indicate

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New Florida women’s soccer coach Nick Zimmerman wasted little time signaling better days are ahead — much sooner than anyone expected.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
Home-plate umpire Will Little gathered the game’s three other umpires near the first-base line to discuss whether Espada signaled toward the bullpen before sprinting to the mound.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of signal

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Advanced Micro Devices — The chip stock gained 5% after Raymond James upgraded the semiconductor company to strong buy from outperform, with a new $641 price target that implied 40% upside from Monday’s close.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
The Dorchester team came just short of implying that the Pierre was some sort of deathtrap.

— Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of imply

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The team of physicists that inferred the existence of dark energy received a Nobel Prize in 2011.

— Don Figer, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
The technology can transcribe and translate speech, identify objects and scene content, and infer location cues from video.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of infer

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point (out)

point people

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