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express
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of EXPRESS
1
to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion) <in a true democracy, a person can freely express his or her views>
Related Words advertise, announce, declare, enounce, enunciate, proclaim, say; broadcast, circulate, disseminate, publish; describe, write, write up; sound off, speak out, speak up; chime in; communicate, convey, put across, put over; offer, submit
Phrases give air to, put forth
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to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind <an upraised thumb is now universally recognized as a gesture expressing approval or encouragement>
Related Words connote, imply, suggest; add up (to), amount (to); hint, infer, insinuate, intimate; embody, epitomize, personify, represent, symbol, symbolize; advert, allude (to), cite, instance, mention, refer (to), specify, touch (on or upon); designate, indicate, point (to), signal; announce, declare, proclaim; elucidate, explain
4
to convey in appropriate or telling terms <could you express your opinion of the book in words a little more precise than “lousy”?>
5
to represent in visible form <towering spires express in glass and steel the optimism of the age>
Synonyms body, epitomize, express, externalize, incarnate, incorporate, instantiate, manifest, materialize, personalize, personify, substantiate
Related Words actualize, concretize, realize; exemplify, illustrate, image, objectify, symbolize, typify
Antonyms disembody
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