Indicate
Indicate verb - To convey an idea indirectly.
Usage example: her expression indicated that she was uncomfortably cold, but she was too polite to say so
Suggest is a synonym for indicate in imply topic. In some cases you can use "Suggest" instead a verb "Indicate", when it comes to topics like mean, intimate, point, show. popular alternative
Suggest
Suggest verb - To convey an idea indirectly.
Usage example: this letter suggests that there's more going on than she's telling us
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| person | indicate person | suggest person |
| attraction | indicate attraction | suggest attraction |
| connection | indicate connection | suggest connection |
| character | indicate character | suggest character |
| Other words: power, change, people, kind, name, relationship, nature, presence, death, way, world, age, latter, ending. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Trailers for the sequel indicate it's been repaired, which would suggest that they simply lacked an adequate power source.
Source: Film / Thor - This is about a shy girl who has a crush on a boy who already has a girlfriend but, as the title suggest, she feels that he's obligated to be with her because she somehow understands him better, with no indication that she's said anything to him to indicate her interest in being more than friends.
Source: Unintentionally Unsympathetic -
I made [the flash] blue in the pilot to indicate she was different but that wasn't to suggest the hardware was blue.
Source: Red Eyes, Take Warning
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