Synonyms of implying

implying 1 of 2

adjective

as in insinuating

Related Words

• insinuating
• hinting
• symbolic
• suggestive
• connoting
• referring
• expressive
• symptomatic
• demonstrative
• exhibiting
• characteristic
• alluding
• indicative
• allusive
• denoting
• signifying
• telltale
• denotative
• reflective
• significant

implying

2 of 2

verb

present participle of imply

as in indicating

to convey an idea indirectly

they may have implied that they'd help, but they didn't actually say so

Synonyms & Similar Words

• indicating
• hinting
• suggesting
• alluding
• referring
• intimating
• inferring
• insinuating
• signifying
• mentioning
• pointing
• signaling
• signalizing
• adverting
• smelling (of)
• smacking (of)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• declaring
• announcing
• proclaiming
• explaining
• describing
• elucidating
• spelling out
• delineating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of implying

Adjective

Who leaves, when, and how, is often interpreted, with a senior leader's early departure potentially shifting meeting energy or implying disapproval, while a junior's might be seen differently. — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

The article spends considerable time questioning the first while implying doubts about the second. — Torie Bosch, STAT, 20 June 2026

The current move has far exceeded the average such surge, implying room to give back plenty of ground before even the underlying trend would be threatened. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 May 2026

But the headline strikes me as biased, implying justification for this act of terrorism. — Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026

And probably should go home this episode instead of the person the Project Runway editors are heavily implying to be the next contestant out. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025

Guidance appears prominently; copy avoids implying strategies or guarantees. — Fortune Games, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025

Marcin Klapczynski/Getty Images The researchers note that no pleiotropy—the production by a single gene of two or more apparently unrelated effects—was identified, strengthening the integrity of the findings and implying causation. — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025

Verb

He's got a price target of $300 on Nvidia, implying upside of 25% from Tuesday's close. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

But the less strictly technical procedure Serra describes is analogous to operations at stake in Jonas’s own work, implying that the act of measurement by walking and seeing is tacitly existential. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Manuel Bompard, a deputy of the French National Assembly who is also a member of France Unbowed, rebuked Macron by name for implying that his party was responsible for the chaos. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026