What is another word for alludes?

Pronunciation: [ɐlˈuːdz] (IPA)

Allusion is the act of making an indirect reference or mentioning something in a suggestive manner. Synonyms for alludes include imply, suggest, insinuate, hint, intimate, signify, connote, refer to, and mention. When a person alludes to something, they are providing a subtle hint or suggestion about something without explicitly stating it. Allusions can be found in books, movies, and everyday conversations. They allow individuals to reference a common theme or idea without going into too much detail. Understanding synonyms for alludes helps individuals better comprehend the implicit meaning behind the message, adding depth and context to communication.

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Usage examples for Alludes

"I vote that any man be fined ten Louis that alludes, however remotely, to this confounded question again," cried Count Gardoni, rising impatiently from his chair and approaching a card-table.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
I now give the testimony of my lawyer, who, after witnessing the revelations of the court room, thus alludes to this subject in his reply to Dr. McFarland's letter.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
Mr. Browning alludes to him as "wronged," because others were credited with some of his best work.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr

Famous quotes with Alludes

  • Most people suspend their judgment till somebody else has expressed his own and then they repeat it. Common parlance alludes to this weakness in the frequently heard phrase: PEOPLE DO NOT THINK.
    Ernest Dimnet
  • Perhaps the author cited is one of those, who, shunning the practice of the world, have taught the world to shun return! whose poetry is too finely spun, whose philosophy is too and mystified for popular demand: perhaps we have experienced feeling which Mr. Wordsworth alludes to, in a poem worthy of simplicity and loneliness of the sentiment—"Often have I sighed to measure By myself a lonely pleasure; Sighed to think I read a book "
    Samuel Laman Blanchard
  • Reagan's story of freedom superficially alludes to the Founding Fathers, but its substance comes from the Gilded Age, devised by apologists for the robber barons.But what it meant in politics a century later, and still means today, is the freedom to accumulate wealth without social or democratic responsibilities and license to buy the political system right out from everyone else.
    Bill Moyers
  • He alludes to the appearance of a face in the orb of the moon.
    Diogenes Laërtius

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