signify

Meaning

1. To create a sign out of something.
2. To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
3. To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.; to indicate, announce.
4. To mean; to betoken.
5. To make a difference; to matter (in negative or interrogative expressions).

Synonyms

mean

denote

indicate

stand for

represent

imply

symbolize

show

betoken

express

convey

signal

spell

intend

purport

sign

point

tell

matter

utter

voice

personify

connote

manifest

mark

enunciate

designate

import

declare

predicate

count

🔢

couch

🛋️

reveal

make known

mention

name

nock

notch

phrase

point out

point to

portend

presentation

project

pronounce

prophesy

put

put across

put down

reference

refrain

register

remark

representation

say

🗣️

score

sense

significance

spot

state

stigmatise

stigmatize

subscribe

symbolise

symbolism

testify

think

🤔

typify

weigh

be important

frank

hint at

air

make know

give evidence of

give voice

expression

embrass

meaning

accession

amount

annotate

aver

avouch

badge

bode

brand

certify

clarify

comment

communicate

comprise

denotation

depict

divulge

enounce

evince

explain

flag

foreshow

foretell

gesture

get at

give

harbinger

hold back

implicate

indite

inscribe

intimate

Hyphenated as

sig‧ni‧fy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: signifien

In summary

Inherited from Middle English signifien, from Old French signifier, from Latin significare.