vernacular term Synonym

affirmation, declaration, assertion, proclamation, acknowledgment, admission, confession profession, announcement, statement, testimony, avouchment, recognition, acceptance, disclosure, revelation, avowance, asseveration, attestation, confirmation, endorsement, certification, validation, verification, corroboration, support, ratification, approval, sanction, consent, concession [x]

guess, conjecture, speculate, infer, assume, suppose, presume, deduce, conclude, theorize, hypothesize, imagine, suspect, reckon, opine, think, believe, fancy, estimate, judge, gather, divine, intuit, postulate, posit, anticipate, predict, forecast, envisage, envision, project, foresee, apprehend, comprehend, understand, interpret, read, sense, perceive, grasp, discern, recognize, appreciate, intuitively understand, intuitively grasp, intuitively sense, intuitively perceive [x]

articulate, enunciate, utter, vocalize, say, speak, express, declare, state, deliver, voice, verbalize, intone, sound, emit, announce, proclaim, assert, communicate, convey, pronounce [x]

articulate, pronounce, express, vocalize, utter, state, declare, announce, voice, speak, communicate, convey, deliver, verbalize, intone, sound, enounce, say, proclaim, assert, affirm, articulate clearly, enounce clearly, enunciate clearly [x]

elaborate, explain, clarify, elucidate, interpret, describe, detail, illustrate, explicate, unfold, expatiate, amplify, expand, develop, spell out, illuminate, demystify, annotate, comment, define, exemplify, lay out, set forth, break down, make clear [x]

accept, believe, trust, take literally, take as is, take for granted, take on faith, assume, consider, regard, take without question, take at its word, take at face value [x]

consider, regard, judge, think, believe, view, see, reckon, suppose, estimate, assess, evaluate, appraise, rate, gauge, account, hold, esteem, surmise, assume, guess, imagine, fancy, conceive, perceive, interpret, weigh, value, measure, calculate, adjudge, deem [x]

articulate, pronounce, speak clearly, express, vocalize, utter, state, declare, voice, say [x]

detailed, intricate, complex, thorough, comprehensive, exhaustive, meticulous, ornate, sophisticated, involved, extensive, developed, embellished, refined, complicated, convoluted, fancy, decorated, adorned, rich, baroque, florid, fussy, grand, luxurious, opulent, polished, perfected, complete, full, ample, voluminous, expansive, in-depth, painstaking, precise, exact, accurate, careful, scrupulous, particular, specific, minute, exacting, rigorous, methodical, systematic, analytical, detailed-oriented [x]

expressions, phrases, statements, articulations, utterances, declarations, wording, terms, constructions, compositions, phrasings, locutions, enunciations, renditions, representations, verbalizations, idioms, syntaxes, sentences, clauses, dictations, narrations, descriptions, explanations, interpretations, paraphrases, rephrasings, versions, accounts, reports, summaries, outlines, drafts, blueprints, plans, designs, frameworks, structures, formats, patterns, models, prototypes, templates, schemes, arrangements, configurations, setups, organizations [x]

subtleties, distinctions, variations, gradations, shades, differences, refinements, niceties, details, intricacies, complexities [x]

idiosyncrasies, quirks, oddities, eccentricities, anomalies, singularities, abnormalities, deviations, distinctions, characteristics, traits, features, particularities, specialties, nuances, individualities, specificities, peculiarness, uniqueness, curiosities, irregularities, variations, differences, oddments, rarities [x]

messes, muddles, tangles, confusions, disarrays, disorganizations, hodgepodges, mishmashes, scrambles, shambles, snafus, mix-ups, muddlements, dishevelments, dishevels, discomposures [x]

suggest, indicate, hint, infer, insinuate, signify, mean, connote, denote, allude, intimate, entail, involve, presuppose, point to, hint at, give a clue, give to understand, get at, drive at, spell out, betoken, import, purport, implicate, adumbrate, foreshadow, augur, presage, foretell, herald, portend, prognosticate, prophesy, forebode, forewarn, prefigure, shadow, symbolize, typify, represent, embody, mirror, reflect, echo, reveal, disclose, unveil, expose [x]

example, case, occurrence, occasion, event, situation, circumstance, episode, manifestation, illustration, specimen, sample, representative, precedent, prototype, model, exemplar, case in point, demonstration, indication, sign, token, symbol, evidence, proof, exhibit, presentation, display, show, performance, enactment, representation, portrayal, depiction, description, narrative, account, report, story, tale, chronicle, record, documentation, testimony, witness, attestation, affirmation, confirmation, substantiation [x]