Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "refer" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

corefer cross-refer dereferer misrefer refer someone to refer someone to the reply given in Arkell v Pressdram refer to referee referent referment referologist referrable referrer rerefer

Context

computing construed with to grammar

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

assort be known as call class classify direct have in mind intend know as mean name research send separate signify sort sort out stand for think of

Manner Of

classify name send

Related Terms

reference referral relate relation relationship relative

Related Terms

allude allusion attention consideration group make person reference referential submit

Similar Terms

advert allude denote touch

Synonym Network

consult delegate denote direct mention

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