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imply

Imply usually means to express, suggest, or show something without stating it directly: My dad's gruff manner implied he was in a foul mood.

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imply / infer

Imply and infer are opposites, like a throw and a catch. To imply is to hint at something, but to infer is to make an educated guess. The speaker does the implying, and the listener does the inferring.   Continue reading...

Don't confuse imply with infer. If you infer something, you reach a conclusion or judgment from facts or assumptions: "By my dad's tone of voice, and the fact that the burn marks from my little cooking experiment were evident on the kitchen floor, I inferred I was in big trouble."

DEFINITIONS OF: imply

1

v express or state indirectly

Synonyms:
connote
Type of:
evince, express, show
give expression to

v have as a logical consequence

Synonyms:
entail, mean
Type of:
necessitate
cause to be a concomitant

v have as a necessary feature

Synonyms:
involve
Types:
carry
be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
Type of:
feature, have
have as a feature

v suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic

Types:
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presuppose, suppose
require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
intimate, suggest
imply as a possibility
connote, predicate
involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
make out
imply or suggest
Type of:
evince, express, show
give expression to

v suggest that someone is guilty

Synonyms:
incriminate, inculpate
Type of:
evoke, paint a picture, suggest
call to mind
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