Indication
Indication noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).
Usage example: there are indications that a medical breakthrough in the treatment of the disease is imminent
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Synonyms for Indication
Mention is a synonym for indication. In some cases you can use "Mention" instead a noun "Indication".
Mention
Mention noun - A formal recognition of an achievement or praiseworthy deed.
Indication is a synonym for mention in reference topic. Sometimes you can use "Indication" instead a noun "Mention", if it concerns topics such as referral, statement.
Nearby Words: mentioned, mentioning
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good indication | good mention |
| clear | clear indication | clear mention |
| brief | brief indication | brief mention |
| direct | direct indication | direct mention |
| Other adjectives: single, obvious, small, actual, entire, real, big, little, quick, main, early, vague, explicit, slightest, further, significant, earliest, previous, prior, throwaway. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Friendless Background: There is no mention or indication that Adam has any friends before meeting Vick, which plays a large role in why Vick chooses him in the first place.
Source: Film / Subject Two - By the next film, all indication or mention of the male has disappeared, and Kiara is shown with unbroken light belly fur.
Source: Your Tomcat Is Pregnant - Not to mention that once he arrives there is no indication that the world he is visiting is a game.
Source: Intrepid Fictioneer
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