indicating
Making something known
Indicating is pointing to or signaling something.
A sign indicates direction; a gesture indicates meaning; symptoms indicate disease.
The word suggests making something known without stating it directly: Her tone was indicating impatience.
In technical contexts, instruments indicate readings: The gauge was indicating low pressure.
Directing attention somewhere
- gesturingMoving limbs expressively
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
- showingPresenting for others
- demonstratingShowing by example
motioning · nodding · waving · flagging · directing · designating · marking · highlighting
Suggesting without stating directly
- hintingSuggesting indirectly
- intimatingConveying indirectly
- insinuatingIndirectly suggesting something
- alludingReferencing indirectly
inferring · foreshadowing · portending · presaging · betokening · auguring · foretelling · prefiguring
Communicating thoughts outwardly
- conveyingTransmitting meaning or information
- revealingMaking known what's hidden
- disclosingMaking information known
- displayingPresenting to view
manifesting · exhibiting · announcing · declaring · stating · reporting · registering · reading
pointing
Directing attention somewhere
- gesturingMoving limbs expressively
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
- showingPresenting for others
demonstrating · motioning · nodding · waving · flagging · directing · designating · marking · highlighting · denoting
implying
Suggesting without stating directly
- hintingSuggesting indirectly
- intimatingConveying indirectly
- insinuatingIndirectly suggesting something
alluding · inferring · foreshadowing · portending · presaging · betokening · auguring · foretelling · prefiguring · connoting
expressing
Communicating thoughts outwardly
- conveyingTransmitting meaning or information
- revealingMaking known what's hidden
- disclosingMaking information known
displaying · manifesting · exhibiting · announcing · declaring · stating · reporting · registering · reading · showing
- highlightingemphasizing, stressing, underscoring, accenting, accentuating
- drivingdrive, steering, driver, acceleration, motorist
- expressionexpress, convey, communicate, verbal, nonverbal
- gesturesgesture, hand gestures, applause, hand raise, tap on shoulder
- referringciting, mentioning, alluding, quoting, noting
- representingrepresenting, depicting, portraying, symbolizing, illustrating
indicatingconcealing
Keeping something secret
hiding · obscuring · masking · disguising · suppressing
indicatingmisdirecting
Guiding toward wrong target
diverting · deflecting · misleading · distracting · redirecting