mention

Plural: mentions

Noun

• a remark that calls attention to something or someone
  • "she made frequent mention of her promotion"
  • "there was no mention of it"
• a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
  • "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
• an official recognition of merit
  • "although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention"
• A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
• A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.

Verb

Verb Forms: mentioned, mentioning, mentions

• To refer to something briefly or casually.
• make reference to
  • "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
• make mention of
• commend
• To make a short reference to something.
• To utter a word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.

Examples

• He couldn’t help but MENTION his impressive Scrabble score to everyone.

Synonyms

acknowledgment, advert, bring up, citation, cite, credit, honorable mention, name, note, observe, quotation, refer, reference, remark, mention, move, toss up, touch, touch on

Antonyms

bespeech, enlarge oneself, orate, speechify

Related Words

allude