Word

intimate, v.
(intimated, intimates, intimating)
freq. cnt. 6

give to understand
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

adumbrate insinuate intimate

sample sentences

"I insinuated that I did not like his wife"

verb frames

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident

verb frames

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

imply as a possibility
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 2

intimate suggest

sample sentences

"The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

suggestive suggestive suggestible suggestion

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

intimation intimation

semantic pointers

hypernym

hyponym