Thesaurus:specify

Thesaurus

specify

English

Verb

(transitive)

Sense: to state explicitly; to go into specific detail

Synonyms

• call (cue sports)
• call out (idiomatic)
• clarify
• clear up
• explicitize
• get something straight (idiomatic)
• name    [⇒ thesaurus] (cue sports)
• narrow down (idiomatic)
• nominate (cue sports)
• particularize
• singularize
• specialize (rare)
• specificate (obsolete)
• specify

Antonyms

• generalize    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• cut to the chase
• get to the point
•   —
• stipulate
•   —
• home in on
• zero in on
•   —
• overspecify
• respecify
• underspecify

Various

• come to

Further reading

• “79. speciality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “specify” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.