Refer

//ɹɪˈfɜː//

Synonyms for "refer" (237 found)

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Closest matches (48)

Strong matches (71)

Related words (118)

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Translations

71 translations across 29 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀποδίδωμι verb (to allude to)

Arabic

3 entries
  • أَشَارَ verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • كَيْشِيرْ verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • كَيْنْعَّتْ verb (to direct to a source for help or information)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • обръщам се verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • отпращам verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • позовавам се verb (to direct the attention of)
  • приписвам verb (to allude to)

Catalan

1 entries
  • referir verb (to direct to a source for help or information)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 談到 /谈到 verb (to direct to a source for help or information)

Czech

1 entries
  • odkázat verb (to direct to a source for help or information)

Danish

3 entries
  • henvise verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • henvise verb (to allude to)
  • referere verb (to allude to)

Dutch

4 entries
  • doorverwijzen verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • verwijzen verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • verwijzen verb (to submit to an authority figure for consideration)
  • verwijzen verb (to direct the attention of)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • plusendi verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • rilati verb (to allude to)

Finnish

4 entries
  • neuvoa verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • neuvoa verb (to submit to an authority figure for consideration)
  • ohjata verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • ohjata verb (to submit to an authority figure for consideration)

French

2 entries
  • renvoyer (à) verb (to allude to)
  • référer verb (to direct to a source for help or information)

Galician

1 entries
  • referir verb (to direct to a source for help or information)

German

2 entries
  • sich auf etwas beziehen verb (to allude to)
  • verweisen verb (to direct to a source for help or information)

Greek

3 entries
  • αναφέρω verb (to direct the attention of)
  • παραπέμπω verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • παραπέμπω verb (to submit to an authority figure for consideration)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • hivatkozik verb (to allude to)
  • vonatkozik verb (to allude to)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • mengarahkan verb (to direct the attention of)

Irish

1 entries
  • tagair do verb (to allude to)

Italian

2 entries
  • fare capo verb (to submit to an authority figure for consideration)
  • riferire verb (to direct to a source for help or information)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 問い合わせる verb (to direct to a source for help or information)

Korean

1 entries
  • 언급하다 verb (to direct to a source for help or information)

Middle English

1 entries
  • deferren verb (to submit to an authority figure for consideration)

Māori

1 entries
  • pare verb (to submit to an authority figure for consideration)

Persian

1 entries
  • ارجاعیدن verb (to direct to a source for help or information)

Polish

4 entries
  • odesłać verb (to submit to an authority figure for consideration)
  • odnosić się verb (to allude to)
  • skierować verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • skierować verb (to submit to an authority figure for consideration)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • encaminhar verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • encaminhar verb (to submit to an authority figure for consideration)
  • mencionar verb (to allude to)
  • referir verb (to allude to)

Russian

4 entries
  • отнести́ verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • относи́ть verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • сосла́ться verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • ссыла́ться verb (to direct to a source for help or information)

Spanish

4 entries
  • estar relacionado verb (to allude to)
  • referir verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • referirse verb (to allude to)
  • remitir verb (to direct to a source for help or information)

Swedish

4 entries
  • hänvisa verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • hänvisa verb (to submit to an authority figure for consideration)
  • hänvisa verb (to direct the attention of)
  • referera verb (to direct to a source for help or information)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • посила́тися verb (to direct to a source for help or information)
  • посла́тися verb (to direct to a source for help or information)

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Please refer to the tourist information office.

Source: tatoeba (20925)

We refer to this city as Little Kyoto.

Source: tatoeba (23239)

Refer to the Users' Guide if you have any problems.

Source: tatoeba (30841)

Mary didn't refer to the accident she had seen.

Source: tatoeba (31926)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.