indicates
Shows the way
Indicates means points to or shows.
A sign indicates direction; a gauge indicates pressure; symptoms indicate illness.
The word often appears when evidence suggests a conclusion without confirming it: Early results indicate the treatment is working.
To indicate can also mean to express briefly: She indicated her displeasure with a frown.
Indirect suggestion
- clueSolving aid
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- signMark conveying information
- pointerReference to memory location
signal · cue · trace · marker · symptom · telltale · harbinger · omen
Communicative body movement
- nodBrief head tilt
- pointExact location or meaning
- motionChange in position
- waveOscillating motion through medium
signal · display · show · express · convey · denote · designate · mark
Pointed shaft for shooting
- gaugeStandard of measurement
- meterDevice that measures usage
- dialGraduated circular indicator
- needlePointed implement for sewing
readout · display · index · cursor · pointer · light · icon · dashboard
Demonstration of truth
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- verificationProving something accurate
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- substantiationProof of truth
corroboration · validation · authentication · testimony · exhibit · forensics · demonstration · attestation
hint
Indirect suggestion
- clueSolving aid
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- signMark conveying information
pointer · signal · cue · trace · marker · symptom · telltale · harbinger · omen · forewarning
gesture
Communicative body movement
wave · signal · display · show · express · convey · denote · designate · mark · highlight
arrow
Pointed shaft for shooting
needle · readout · display · index · cursor · pointer · light · icon · dashboard · thermometer
proof
Demonstration of truth
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- verificationProving something accurate
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
substantiation · corroboration · validation · authentication · testimony · exhibit · forensics · demonstration · attestation · certification
- signifiesrepresents, means, signifies, denotes, stands for
- verbsjump, be, speak, wait, do
- highlightshighlight, highlights, high point, spotlight, peak
- logic wordsand, or, not, therefore, ergo
indicatesdisproves
Shows to be untrue
refutes · contradicts · belies · negates · invalidates
- economic indicatorsData measuring financial health
- leading indicatorsStatistics forecasting economic direction
- indicator lightSmall lamp showing status
- turn indicatorVehicle directional signal
- battery indicatorDisplay showing power remaining
- typing indicatorShows someone writing
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