indicate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 verb
be a signal for or a symptom of
These symptoms indicate a serious illness
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- signal derivation
- indication derivation
- indication derivation
- indicator derivation
- revelatory derivation
Sense 2 verb
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
I showed the customer the glove section
Types & categories
- inform hypernym
- point hyponym
- finger hyponym
- call attention hyponym
- reflect hyponym
Related & opposite
- cursor derivation
- pointer derivation
- pointer derivation
- denotation derivation
Sense 3 verb
to state or express briefly
indicated his wishes in a letter
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- contraindicate antonym
Sense 4 verb
give evidence of
The evidence argues for your claim
Types & categories
- present hypernym
Related & opposite
- logical argument derivation
- meter reading derivation
- argument derivation
- indication derivation
- indication derivation
- argumentation derivation
- revelatory derivation
Sense 5 verb
suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
Tetracycline is indicated in such cases
Types & categories
- inform hypernym
Related & opposite
- contraindicate antonym
- indication derivation
- indication derivation
- revelatory derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | signal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | indication |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | indication |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | indicator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | revelatory |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | omen |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mark |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cursor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pointer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pointer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | denotation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | inform |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | point |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | finger |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | call attention |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reflect |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | contraindicate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | inform |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | record |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | signify |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | call |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | logical argument |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | meter reading |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | argument |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | indication |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | indication |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | argumentation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | revelatory |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | present |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | contraindicate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | indication |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | indication |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | revelatory |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | inform |