Definition for Signify:

• sig'ni-f[= i], v.t. to make known by a sign or by words: to mean: to indicate or declare: to have consequence.-- v.i. to be of consequence:-- pa.t. and pa.p. sig'nif[= i]ed.-- adj. SIG'NIFIABLE, that may be signified or represented by symbols.-- n. SIGNIF'ICANCE, that which is signified: meaning: importance: moment-- also SIGNIF'ICANCY.-- adj. SIGNIF'ICANT, signifying: expressive of something: standing as a sign.-- adv. SIGNIF'ICANTLY.-- ns. SIGNIF'ICATE, in logic, one of several things signified by a common term; SIGNIFIC[= A]' TION, act of signifying: that which is signified: meaning.-- adj. SIGNIF'IC[= A]TIVE, signifying: denoting by a sign: having meaning: expressive.-- adv. SIGNIF'IC[= A]TIVELY, in a significative manner: so as to betoken by an external sign.-- ns. SIGNIF'IC[= A]TIVENESS, the quality of being significative; SIGNIF'IC[= A]TOR, one who signifies: ( astrol.) a planet ruling a house.-- adj. SIGNIF'ICATORY. [ L. signific[= a]re, -[= a]tum, signum, a sign, fac[) e]re, to make.]

Synonyms for Signify:

• n.

  •
  • divulge,
  • point out,
  • brief,
  • advise,
  • deliver,
  • relay,
  • report.
  •
  • proclaim,
  • spell,
  • meaning,
  • betray.
  •
  • important,
  • figure.

• v.

  •announce (verb)
  • harbinger,
  • forebode,
  • predict.
  •augur (verb)
  • promise,
  • prophesy,
  • foreshadow,
  • adumbrate.
  •be of importance (verb)
  • be of consequence,
  • carry weight,
  • be of significance.
  •communicate (verb)
  • impart,
  • state,
  • publish,
  • reveal,
  • correspond,
  • get across.
  •communication (verb)
  • stand for.
  •connote (verb)
  • involve,
  • designate.
  •denote (verb)
  • symbol,
  • typify,
  • prove,
  • argue.
  •indicate (verb)
  • add up to.
  •mean (verb)
  • describe,
  • define,
  • explain.
  •mean, indicate (verb)
  • exhibit,
  • intimate,
  • convey,
  • portend,
  • wink,
  • talk,
  • flash,
  • announce,
  • express,
  • tell,
  • show,
  • bespeak,
  • disclose,
  • bear,
  • represent,
  • carry,
  • evince.
  •specialize (verb)
  • distinguish,
  • specialize,
  • discriminate,
  • individualize,
  • differentiate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • outweigh,
  • identify,
  • stand out.
  •
  • emphasize,
  • predominate,
  • dominate,
  • precede,
  • colonize.
  •
  • be.
  •
  • signal.
  •
  • major,
  • cap.
  •
  • top.
  •evidence
  • evidence.
  •hint
  • touch on.
  •indicate
  • betoken.
  •manifest
  • set forth.
  •name
  • pin down,
  • name.
  •Other relevant words:
  • figurative,
  • tenor,
  • nothing particular,
  • divine,
  • miracle,
  • Ominate,
  • character,
  • monument,
  • attest,
  • nonentity,
  • boot,
  • figural,
  • gesture,
  • tick off,
  • select,
  • kind,
  • Preshow,
  • testify,
  • small beer,
  • stipulate,
  • proof,
  • repute,
  • amount to something,
  • speak of,
  • prefigure,
  • allegorical,
  • Pretypify,
  • nonliteral,
  • known,
  • establish,
  • nothing,
  • think,
  • affirm,
  • guess,
  • exemplify,
  • impute,
  • assign,
  • amount to,
  • bring out,
  • determine,
  • clue,
  • breathe,
  • note,
  • play first fiddle,
  • type,
  • demonstrate,
  • no great shakes,
  • cipher,
  • tick,
  • allude,
  • illustrate,
  • ponder,
  • trifling matter,
  • speak,
  • set,
  • portray,
  • Importune,
  • flag,
  • depict,
  • get over,
  • give evidence,
  • speak for itself,
  • child's play,
  • token,
  • mention,
  • tell of,
  • means,
  • let fall,
  • say,
  • image,
  • specify,
  • pattern,
  • drift,
  • denominate,
  • star,
  • deserve notice,
  • characterize,
  • signalize,
  • hold still for,
  • be prominent,
  • whisper,
  • reckon,
  • approve,
  • model,
  • refer,
  • representation,
  • destine,
  • take the lead,
  • prodigy,
  • embody,
  • epitomize,
  • abode,
  • put one's finger on,
  • lead the way,
  • expose,
  • metaphorical,
  • pick out,
  • fix,
  • witness,
  • denotation,
  • omen,
  • shadow forth,
  • enunciation,
  • give notice,
  • marvel,
  • memorial,
  • demonstration,
  • entail,
  • highlight,
  • sort,
  • confirmation,
  • wave,
  • display,
  • notify,
  • stand,
  • emblematic,
  • index,
  • advert,
  • think of,
  • impress,
  • show signs of,
  • gesticulate,
  • latency,
  • nature,
  • influence,
  • make clear,
  • look like,
  • symbolise,
  • be featured,
  • Presignify,
  • emblem.

Paraphrases for Signify:

• Independent

  • Verb, past tense
    Indicated, illustrated, demonstrated, Manifested, affirmed, conveyed, Mentioned, said, pointed, revealed, Displayed, showed, noted, sent, declared, Gave, Commented, Objected, raised, Claimed, voiced, stated, made, expressed.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    refers, means, indicates, implies.
  • Verb, base form
    indicate, indicates, according, mean, represent, imply, implies, signal, designate, denote, mark, entail, demonstrate, suggest, express, expressed, constitute, sign, identify, show, specify, involve, confirm, symbolize, spell, reflect, serve, describe, commemorate, refer, pose.

Antonyms for Signify:

• v.

  • be of importance
    ignore.
  • mean, indicate
    leave alone, suppress, listen, hide, withhold, refrain, conceal, refuse, cover, bottle up.

Homophones for Signify:

• snap, snap pea, sniffy, ski jump, snoopy, samba, sum-up, snub, snip, shine up, snipe, sine wave, sannup, skin pop, snow pea, scampo, swamp bay, snob, sea nymph, swamp, sign off, snip off, sonny boy, shampoo, succumb, skimpy, sawn-off, snap off, synovia, sunup, snap up, sign up, sinopia, snuff, snobby, shen-pao, sump, sniff, snoop, skim off, swampy, snafu, scampi, sum up, skimp, snappy, scamp.

Hypernym for Signify:

• v.

  • communication
    refer, denote.

Hyponym for Signify:

• v.

  • communication
    intend, indicate, mean.