Imply

Verb

 * 1)  to enfold, entangle.
 * 2) * 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.iv:
 * And in his bosome secretly there lay / An hatefull Snake, the which his taile vptyes / In many folds, and mortall sting implyes.
 * 1)  to have as a necessary consequence
 * The proposition that "all dogs are mammals" implies that my dog is a mammal
 * 1)  to suggest by logical inference
 * When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown
 * 1)  to express in a suggestive manner rather than as a direct statement; to state tacitly
 * What do you mean "we need to be more careful with hygiene"? Are you implying that I don't wash my hands?

Synonyms

 * entail
 * allude, hint, insinuate, suggest

Related terms

 * implicate
 * implication
 * implicative
 * implicit
 * implicitness
 * implision

Adverbs for Imply
obviously; virtually; suggestively; meaningfully; vaguely; slanderously; slyly.

Thesaurus
accuse, adumbrate, advert to, affect, allege, allegorize, allude to, approve, argue, arraign, article, assume, attest, be construed as, bespeak, betoken, bid fair, book, breathe, bring, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, bring to mind, call for, charge, cite, complain, comprise, connote, contain, demonstrate, denote, denounce, denunciate, display, drop a hint, entail, evidence, evince, exhibit, express, fasten on, fasten upon, finger, furnish evidence, give a hint, give indication of, give prospect of, give the cue, glance at, go to show, hang something on, hint, hint at, hold out hope, illustrate, impeach, implicate, import, impute, include, indicate, indict, infer, inform against, inform on, insinuate, intimate, involve, lay charges, lead to, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, make fair promise, make likely, manifest, mark, mean, mean to say, pin on, point indirectly to, point to, prefer charges, press charges, presume, presuppose, promise, prompt, put on report, raise expectation, refer to, report, reproach, require, set forth, show, show signs of, signal, signalize, signify, speak for itself, speak volumes, spell, stand fair to, stand for, subsume, suggest, suppose, symbolize, symptomatize, take, take for granted, take in, take to task, task, taunt with, tax, tell, tend to show, twit

Etymology
From emplier: <  implicare: < in: + plicare:

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 意味着
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, seurata
 * French:
 * German: implizieren, zur Folge haben


 * Hungarian: maga után von
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: implisere, medføre
 * Polish: pociągać (za sobą)
 * Russian: предполагать
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: tarkoittaa, väittää
 * French:


 * German:
 * Norwegian: implisere
 * Russian: подразумевать
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic: انطوى
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 暗指
 * Finnish: vihjailla, antaa ymmärtää, vihjata
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: sugall


 * Icelandic: gefa í skyn, benda til
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian: insinuere
 * Persian: به طور ضمنی اشاره کردن
 * Polish: sugerować
 * Russian: намекать, намекнуть (pf.)
 * Scottish Gaelic: ciallaich, seaghaich
 * Spanish: