IMPLICATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for IMPLICATE?

Need another word that means the same as “implicate”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “implicate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Implicate” are: entail, incriminate, compromise, involve in, concern with, associate with, connect with, tie up with, imply, suggest, hint, intimate, say indirectly, indicate, insinuate, give someone to understand, give someone to believe, convey the impression, signal

Implicate as a Verb

Definitions of "Implicate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “implicate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Convey (a meaning) indirectly through what one says, rather than stating it explicitly.
• Show (someone) to be involved in a crime.
• Bear some of the responsibility for (an action or process, especially a criminal or harmful one.
• Bring into intimate and incriminating connection.
• Impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result.

Synonyms of "Implicate" as a verb (19 Words)

associate with	Make a logical or causal connection.
compromise	Make a compromise arrive at a compromise. Last month s leak of source code will not compromise your IT security.
concern with	Be relevant to.
connect with	Plug into an outlet.
convey the impression	Serve as a means for expressing something.
entail	Have as a logical consequence. Her father s estate was entailed on a cousin.
give someone to believe	Move in order to make room for someone for something.
give someone to understand	Leave with; give temporarily.
hint	Drop a hint intimate by a hint. He hinted that the sale might be delayed.
imply	Suggest that someone is guilty. Salesmen who use jargon to imply superior knowledge.
incriminate	Make (someone) appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing. He refused to answer questions in order not to incriminate himself.
indicate	Indicate a place direction person or thing either spatially or figuratively. The results indicate the need for more work.
insinuate	Introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner. He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table.
intimate	Imply as a possibility.
involve in	Have as a necessary feature.
say indirectly	Express a supposition.
signal	Communicate silently and non verbally by signals or signs. She gave a glance which signalled that her father was being secretive.
suggest	Suggest the necessity of an intervention in medicine. Maybe you ought to get an expert she suggested.
tie up with	Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.

Usage Examples of "Implicate" as a verb

• He implicated his government in the murders of three judges.
• Viruses are known to be implicated in the development of certain cancers.
• By saying that coffee would keep her awake, Mary implicated that she didn't want any.
• He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government.

Associations of "Implicate" (30 Words)

accomplice	A person who helps another commit a crime. An accomplice in the murder.
allied	Joined by or relating to members of an alliance. Allied territories.
carry	An act of carrying something from one place to another. This land does not carry olives.
comprehensive	A comprehensive school. A comprehensive survey of world affairs.
comprise	Make up or constitute (a whole. The country comprises twenty states.
confederate	Form a confederation with; of nations. Where was his confederate the girl who had stolen Richard s wallet.
connote	Express or state indirectly. The term modern science usually connotes a complete openness to empirical testing.
contain	Contain or hold have within. 24 contains 6.
cooperative	A jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners. They have been extremely considerate polite and cooperative.
correlate	Bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation. Do these facts correlate.
cover	A natural object that covers or envelops. The table had been covered with a checked tablecloth.
embroil	Involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation. The film s about a journalist who becomes embroiled with a nightclub owner.
encompass	Include comprehensively. This area of London encompasses Piccadilly to the north and St James s Park to the south.
entail	A property bequeathed under an entail. I cannot get rid of the disgrace which you have entailed upon us.
entangle	Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass. Fish attempt to swim through the mesh and become entangled.
evidence	Provide evidence for stand as proof of show by one s behavior attitude or external attributes. His trembling was evidence of his fear.
implicit	Implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something. An implicit faith in God.
include	Consider as part of something. The price includes dinner bed and breakfast.
included	Contained as part of a whole being considered. All of Europe Britain included.
inclusion	The act of including. He admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work.
incorporate	Combine (ingredients) into one substance. Incorporate this document with those pertaining to the same case.
involve	Contain as a part. Her husband had been very involved in his work.
involved	Emotionally involved. We accomplished nothing simply because of the large number of people involved.
parallelism	The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, metre, meaning, etc. Greek thinkers who believed in the parallelism of microcosm and macrocosm.
participate	Become a participant; be involved in. Both members participate of harmony.
pertain	Be relevant to. Matters pertaining to the organization of government.
subsume	Contain or include. Most of these phenomena can be subsumed under two broad categories.
tangle	Tangle or complicate. A tangle of golden hair.
testimony	A formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law. The testimony of an eyewitness.
united	Characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity. Women acting together in a united way.