signal - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

Synonyms

• sign
• signal
• signaling

More generic

• communication

More specific

• alarm
• alarum
• alert
• all clear
• animal communication
• beam
• bugle call
• curfew
• distress call
• distress signal
• dog-ear
• drumbeat
• electronic signal
• high sign
• indicator
• input
• input signal
• number
• output
• output signal
• phone number
• radio beacon
• radio beam
• radiotelegraphic signal
• recording
• retreat
• start
• starting signal
• storm signal
• symbol
• telegraphic signal
• telephone number
• ticktack
• time signal
• visual signal
• warning signal
• whistle
• whistling

Noun

any incitement to action

Synonyms

• signal

More generic

• incitation
• incitement
• provocation

Noun

an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes

Synonyms

• signal

More generic

• electrical energy
• electricity
• power

More specific

• interrupt

Verb

be a signal for or a symptom of

Synonyms

• bespeak
• betoken
• indicate
• point
• signal

More generic

• tell

More specific

• augur
• auspicate
• betoken
• bode
• forecast
• foreshadow
• foretell
• mark
• omen
• portend
• predict
• prefigure
• presage
• prognosticate

Verb

communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs

Synonyms

• sign
• signal
• signalise
• signalize

More generic

• communicate
• intercommunicate

More specific

• flag
• heliograph
• semaphore
• whistle
• wigwag

Adjective

notably out of the ordinary

Synonyms

• signal

Related

• impressive

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