to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated

His words implied a lack of faith.

(of words) to signify or mean.

to involve as a necessary circumstance

Speech implies a speaker.

Obsolete . to enfold.

verb

define , explicate , express , state

verb

betoken , connote , denote , designate , entail , evidence , give a hint , hint , import , include , insinuate , intend , intimate , involve , mention , point to , presuppose , refer , signify , suggestnotes:a speaker or writer implies , a hearer or reader infers , and implications are incorporated in statements while inferences are deduced from statements; imply means \'suggest indirectly that something is true\' while infer means \'conclude or deduce something is true\' and , further , to imply is to suggest or throw out a suggestion while to infer is to include or take in a suggestioninfer means \'to deduce , reason\' and imply means \'to hint at , suggest\' , indicate , suggest , blunt , comprise , infer , mean , predicate , presume , unrefined