Implication
Implication noun - Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied).
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Synonyms for Implication
Reference is a synonym for implication in association topic. In some cases you can use "Reference" instead a noun "Implication", when it comes to topics like indication, entanglement.
Reference
Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.
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Synonyms for Reference
Implication is a synonym for reference in remark topic. You can use "Implication" instead a noun "Reference", if it concerns topics such as indication, entanglement.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- inference and implication
- inference and reference
- bearing and implication
- bearing and reference
- link and implication
- link and reference
- connection and implication
- connection and reference
- association and implication
- association and reference
- significance and implication
- significance and reference
- hint and implication
- hint and reference
How words are described
| good | good implication | good reference |
| clear | clear implication | clear reference |
| particular | particular implication | particular reference |
| similar | similar implication | similar reference |
| Other adjectives: brief, direct, obvious, small, real, big, huge, little, slight, subtle, ironic, early, vague, possible, apparent, indirect, further, odd, double, occasional, unintentional, earlier. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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However, the name "Laputa" is a reference to a country in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, and Swift almost certainly was aware of the implication.
Source: Cross-Cultural Kerfluffle -
A deleted scene makes reference to "There Will Be Blood", which came out in 2007, with the implication that the film came out semi-recently.
Source: Film / In the Loop -
The Eagles' "Hotel California" includes the eerie line, "They stabbed him with their steely knives/but they just can't kill the beast," which some rock critics contend is a reference to Satan and, by extension, an implication that Satan can't be stopped or defeated, regardless of what's tried.
Source: Rasputinian Death
Cite this Source
Reference and Implication. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/implication/reference
Implication & Reference. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/implication/reference>.
Reference or Implication. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/implication/reference.
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