indicate: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 11 letter points · starts with I · ends with E
Meaning of indicate
verb
- sometimes, transitive
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
Example: The guard blew his whistle to indicate imminent departure.
- transitive
To show or manifest by symptoms.
Example: Marked weakness unresponsive to dietary change and exercise may indicate an underlying neurologic or metabolic problem.
- transitive
To point to as the proper remedies.
Example: This type of arrhythmia indicates the use of a beta-blocker.
- transitive
To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
Listed forms: indicates, indicating, indicated, glossary, indicatest.
Source: Wiktionary — indicate.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for indicate.
verb
be a signal for or a symptom of
verb
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
verb
give evidence of
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is indicate in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of indicate
I(1) + N(1) + D(2) + I(1) + C(3) + A(1) + T(1) + E(1) = 11 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of indicate
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from indicate
128 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in indicate. Showing up to 24, longest first.