signalled
Communicated without words
Signalled is the past tense of signal, the British spelling where American English uses signaled.
To signal is to communicate through a gesture, sign, or indication rather than direct statement.
A driver signals a turn with a blinker.
A nod signals agreement.
Policy changes signal a shift in priorities: The announcement signalled the end of an era.
Trigger for action
- hintIndirect suggestion
- signMark conveying information
- omenProphetic indicator
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
portent · foreshadowing · suggestion · evidence · manifestation · indicator · symptom · marker
cue
Trigger for action
harbinger · portent · foreshadowing · suggestion · evidence · manifestation · indicator · symptom · marker · herald
alarm
Urgent warning signal
distress · urgency · flashing · beacon · horn · buzzer · bell · strobe · flare · evacuation
gesture
Communicative body movement
- semaphoreFlag-based signaling system
- telegraphyElectrical long-distance messaging
- signingInscribing one's name
flagging · waving · nodding · blinking · motioning · beckoning · pointing · cueing · transmitting · broadcasting
signalledstated
Expressed in words
explained · articulated · verbalized · declared · spelled out
signalledunsignalled
Without prior indication
concealed · hid · withheld · suppressed · masked
- virtue signallingConspicuous moral posturing
- virtue signalledOstentatiously displayed moral superiority