Indicate and Name

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Indicate verb - To serve as a sign or symptom of.

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Name is a synonym for indicate in indication topic. In some cases you can use "Name" instead a verb "Indicate", when it comes to topics like signify.

Name verb - To make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically.

Usage example: I don't want to name anyone in particular, but someone in this room fiddled with my car's radio

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Indicate is a synonym for name in indication topic. Sometimes you can use "Indicate" instead a verb "Name".

Nearby Words: named, nameless, naming

character	indicate character	name character
change	indicate change	name change
people	indicate people	name people
name	indicate name	name name
Other words: someone, place, form, time, way, world, weapons.

Frequently used to indicate some form of masculinity in the character; if not, expect the character to be very feminine and lament her name.

Source: Tomboyish Name
One episode of Star Trek: The Original Series claims Spock's last name cannot be pronounced by humans, but others seem to indicate he has no last name at all.

Source: Only One Name
Since the T in Colbert is silent, fans have had to invent new ways of spelling the name to indicate when a character in fanfiction is pronouncing it wrong.

Source: Psmith Psyndrome

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Name and Indicate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/indicate/name

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