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.
  •
  • import,
  • spell,
  • meaning,
  • proclaim,
  • betray,
  • identify.
  •
  • count,
  • dominate,
  • matter,
  • predominate,
  • figure,
  • weigh,
  • emphasize,
  • important.
  •imply (noun)
  • purport,
  • import.
  •signify (noun)
  • mean,
  • intend,
  • stand for.

• v.

  •abuse (verb)
  • cap.
  •announce (verb)
  • harbinger,
  • presage,
  • herald,
  • foretell,
  • signal,
  • indicate,
  • forebode,
  • predict,
  • foreshow,
  • augur.
  •augur (verb)
  • foreshadow,
  • prophesy,
  • bode,
  • promise,
  • adumbrate.
  •be of importance (verb)
  • mean,
  • be of significance,
  • weigh,
  • be of consequence,
  • carry weight,
  • count.
  •communicate (verb)
  • declare,
  • advise,
  • impart,
  • report,
  • get across,
  • make known,
  • reveal,
  • divulge,
  • state,
  • correspond,
  • betray,
  • hint,
  • publish.
  •communication (verb)
  • mean,
  • intend,
  • stand for.
  •connote (verb)
  • involve,
  • designate.
  •count (verb)
  • cut ice.
  •denote (verb)
  • prove,
  • typify,
  • mark,
  • symbol,
  • argue.
  •indicate (verb)
  • add up to.
  •mean (verb)
  • describe,
  • mean,
  • define,
  • intend,
  • connote,
  • imply,
  • denote,
  • indicate,
  • explain.
  •mean, indicate (verb)
  • imply,
  • add up to,
  • express,
  • intend,
  • show,
  • convey,
  • matter,
  • flash,
  • disclose,
  • bespeak,
  • insinuate,
  • portend,
  • betoken,
  • evidence,
  • announce,
  • evince,
  • sign,
  • be a sign of,
  • suggest,
  • purport,
  • proclaim,
  • tell,
  • denote,
  • bear,
  • connote,
  • carry,
  • wink,
  • exhibit,
  • import,
  • represent,
  • stand for,
  • spell,
  • symbolize,
  • intimate,
  • communicate,
  • talk,
  • manifest.
  •specialize (verb)
  • distinguish,
  • specialize,
  • individualize,
  • mark,
  • differentiate,
  • discriminate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • outweigh,
  • point to,
  • presage,
  • stand out,
  • augur,
  • identify.
  •
  • herald,
  • precede,
  • dominate,
  • colonize,
  • emphasize,
  • predominate,
  • drive at.
  •
  • import,
  • count,
  • proclaim.
  •
  • spell,
  • be,
  • weigh.
  •
  • signal,
  • betray.
  •
  • major,
  • cap.
  •
  • matter,
  • figure.
  •
  • top.
  •evidence
  • evidence.
  •hint
  • touch on.
  •indicate
  • betoken.
  •manifest
  • set forth.
  •name
  • pin down,
  • name.
  •spell
  • spell.
  •symbolize
  • prefigure.
  •Other relevant words:
  • intimate,
  • evince,
  • memorial,
  • figurative,
  • pin down,
  • communicate,
  • speak,
  • stand out,
  • depict,
  • dominate,
  • foretell,
  • deliver,
  • flag,
  • prove,
  • type,
  • bespeak,
  • cut some ice,
  • weigh,
  • hint,
  • get across,
  • put one's finger on,
  • child's play,
  • bode,
  • prophesy,
  • make known,
  • notify,
  • miracle,
  • publish,
  • select,
  • forebode,
  • marvel,
  • adumbrate,
  • suggest,
  • nothing,
  • means,
  • cap,
  • announce,
  • correspond,
  • declare,
  • carry,
  • relay,
  • import,
  • name,
  • signalize,
  • figural,
  • allegorical,
  • specify,
  • foreshow,
  • harbinger,
  • nonliteral,
  • mention,
  • gesture,
  • omen,
  • demonstrate,
  • gesticulate,
  • emphasize,
  • demonstration,
  • preindicate,
  • Preshow,
  • colonize,
  • be important,
  • character,
  • make clear,
  • be featured,
  • herald,
  • evidence,
  • deserve notice,
  • identify,
  • wave,
  • be,
  • report,
  • precede,
  • advert,
  • designate,
  • play first fiddle,
  • drift,
  • be of consequence,
  • portend,
  • symbolize,
  • speak of,
  • sign,
  • impress,
  • disclose,
  • stipulate,
  • insinuate,
  • nature,
  • betoken,
  • testify,
  • tell,
  • repute,
  • monument,
  • stand,
  • amount to something,
  • exhibit,
  • drive at,
  • flash,
  • illustrate,
  • trifling matter,
  • refer to,
  • clue,
  • matter,
  • influence,
  • entail,
  • presage,
  • tenor,
  • breathe,
  • predict,
  • bring out,
  • known,
  • typify,
  • no great shakes,
  • enunciation,
  • cipher,
  • lead the way,
  • think of,
  • determine,
  • foreshadow,
  • major,
  • speak for itself,
  • set,
  • point,
  • betray,
  • have in mind,
  • look like,
  • meaning,
  • pattern,
  • augur,
  • allude to,
  • label,
  • metaphorical,
  • Ominate,
  • state,
  • let fall,
  • expose,
  • outweigh,
  • promise,
  • emblematic,
  • express,
  • reckon,
  • display,
  • witness,
  • shadow forth,
  • approve,
  • ponder,
  • emblem,
  • argue,
  • pick out,
  • carry weight,
  • refer,
  • tell of,
  • represent,
  • epitomize,
  • prefigure,
  • denotation,
  • establish,
  • point to,
  • count,
  • touch on,
  • confirmation,
  • be of significance,
  • abode,
  • whisper,
  • symbolise,
  • foretoken,
  • divulge,
  • highlight,
  • fix,
  • assign,
  • model,
  • nonentity,
  • talk,
  • Importune,
  • allude,
  • be prominent,
  • divine,
  • show signs of,
  • give evidence,
  • stand for,
  • brief,
  • tick off,
  • guess,
  • bear,
  • boot,
  • predominate,
  • tick,
  • predicate,
  • important,
  • impute,
  • be a sign of,
  • latency,
  • hold still for,
  • attest,
  • add up to,
  • abuse,
  • nothing particular,
  • top,
  • manifest,
  • figure,
  • denominate,
  • image,
  • point out,
  • amount to,
  • portray,
  • index,
  • indication,
  • destine,
  • characterize,
  • proof,
  • be something,
  • symbol,
  • small beer,
  • signal,
  • take the lead,
  • convey,
  • think,
  • involve,
  • advise,
  • show,
  • purport,
  • embody,
  • Presignify,
  • Pretypify,
  • spell,
  • representation,
  • kind,
  • star,
  • affirm,
  • prodigy,
  • note,
  • token,
  • set forth,
  • dissemble,
  • say,
  • proclaim,
  • wink,
  • impart,
  • give notice,
  • exemplify,
  • cut ice,
  • get over,
  • sort,
  • reveal,
  • misinform.

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.