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Many, Many More Signal Verbs. accepts concurs enumerates harps on acknowledges condones establishes hopes admits confirms estimates hypothesize. More Signal Verbs. allows forecasts describes imparts finishes implies alludes to disagrees finalizes imagines
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Many, Many More Signal Verbs • accepts concurs • enumerates harps on • acknowledges condones • establishes hopes • admits confirms • estimates hypothesize
More Signal Verbs • allows forecasts • describes imparts • finishes implies • alludes to disagrees • finalizes imagines • announces discloses
More Signal Verbs • answers discusses • foretells insists • asserts disputes • forewarns introduces • avows divulges • foresees jests • believes emphasizes • formulates jokes
More Signal Verbs • charges elucidates • gets at knows • claims elaborates • glosses over lauds • comments edifies • guarantees lets on
More Signal Verbs • concedes enlightens • gainsays looks into • concludes espouses • guesses lists • makes known reinforces • maps out reflects
More Signal Verbs • marks refutes • marvels regards • mentions ridicules • muses senses • names shows • notes signals • narrates signifies • notices simplifies
More Signal Verbs • notifies solves • objects states • observes studies • offers submits • opposes summarizes • points out superimposes • puts into words supposes
More Signal Verbs • predicts surmises • quarrels suspects • quips swears • queries suggests • questions tells • quibbles talks about • raves thinks
More Signal Verbs • reckons warns • recommends warrants • reports welcomes • resolves whines • rejects wishes • relates wonders • remarks worries
More Signal Verbs • realizes unlocks • reasons utters • rebukes views • reviews verifies • recants voices • recaps volunteers • recapitulates wagers
ReminderBefore you use any of the signal verbs, you should check the word in a dictionary—not all of them are equally interchangeable with the word “said.” Final Reminder