allude

About 0.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.

   First, she alluded to her husband as "the man at home looking after the children". Then she referred to him as "my George".

Similar words

touch advert hint mention impute refer pointed referred make mention of reallude

Often followed by

to in is here more only are briefly was

Word family

alluded alludes alluding