Advertisement

View synonyms for remark

remark

[ ri-mahrk ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to say casually, as in making a comment:

    Someone remarked that tomorrow would be a warm day.

  2. to note; perceive; observe:

    I remarked a slight accent in her speech.

    Synonyms: notice, regard, heed

    Antonyms: ignore

  3. Obsolete. to mark distinctively.


verb (used without object)

  1. to make a remark or observation (usually followed by on or upon ):

    He remarked on her amazing wit and intelligence.

    Synonyms: comment

noun

  1. the act of remarking; notice.

    Synonyms: regard

  2. comment or mention:

    to let a thing pass without remark.

  3. a casual or brief expression of thought or opinion.
  4. Fine Arts. remarque.

remark

/ rɪˈmɑːk /

verb

  1. whenintr, often foll by on or upon; when tr, may take a clause as object to pass a casual comment (about); reflect in informal speech or writing
  2. tr; may take a clause as object to perceive; observe; notice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a brief casually expressed thought or opinion; observation
  2. notice, comment, or observation

    the event passed without remark

  3. engraving a variant spelling of remarque
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Derived Forms

  • reˈmarker, noun
Discover More

Other Words From

  • re·marker noun
  • unre·marked adjective
  • well-re·marked adjective
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of remark1

First recorded in 1625–35; (for the verb) from French remarquer, Middle French; equivalent to re- + mark 1; noun derivative of the verb
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of remark1

C17: from Old French remarquer to observe, from re- + marquer to note, mark 1
Discover More

Synonym Study

Remark, comment, note, observation imply giving special attention, an opinion, or a judgment. A remark is usually a casual and passing expression of opinion: a remark about a play. A comment expresses judgment or explains a particular point: a comment on the author's scholarship. A note is a memorandum or explanation, as in the margin of a page: a note explaining a passage. Observation suggests a comment based on judgment and experience: an observation on social behavior.
Discover More

Example Sentences

Northam made the remarks at an afternoon news briefing on the coronavirus pandemic.

In March, she made a similar remark, only this time specifying that all 3,000 SIAs were stopped at the southern border.

From Vox

In a phone interview, Jang remembered being surprised by the remark.

Putting aside Drew Brees’s advanced age — and the chemistry fallout from his ill-advised remarks in June — he still ranks as the second-best QB in the league and leads one of the NFL’s best groups of offensive weapons.

Last summer, when I told friends and family that I’d be rafting 225 miles from Lee’s Ferry to Diamond Creek, Arizona, on the Colorado River, I received all kinds of remarks.

The remark comes to mind while reading The Selected Letters of Norman Mailer.

He always claimed that “in England everyone looks as I do, and no one would remark on it.”

I would have asked for his name, if not for the comment that followed the concerned remark.

House Speaker John Boehner condemned the remark, but the damage was done.

And the second remark came during the Japanese internment conversation.

"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.

He obeyed without remark, though with an unsteady voice, as he uttered communications he knew were so hostile to her expectation.

When Grandfather Mole overheard Mrs. Robin making such a remark he would quite likely advise her to "try a smaller one."

I made some remark to Masters which led to another from him, and in five minutes' time we were chatting on all sorts of topics.

He made no further remark as they descended the darker section of the stair, and she could think of nothing to say to him.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


remarginremarkable