Meanings
alternative if you see what I mean
- disjunctiveUsed to allude to something unsaid or hinted at.
He seemed a little too interested in the details, if you know what I mean [implying that perhaps he had ulterior motives].
1 more example
"[…]Now what time did you retire to bed last night?” “We went early. Somehow or other the party didn’t seem to ‘go’ if you know what I mean, superintendent. We went up about half-past ten, I should say.”
1925, Agatha Christie, The Secret of Chimneys - informalUsed as a rhetorical question to confirm attention, understanding, or agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof; synonym of do you know what I'm saying.
Then you've got to jiggle it just right, if you know what I mean, before you can get it to come out of there.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 你懂得
- 你懂得 (nǐ dǒngde)used to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
Danish hvis du forstår, hvad jeg mener
- hvis du forstår, hvad jeg menerused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
Finnish jos tiedät mitä tarkoitan, jos ymmärrät mitä tarkoitan
- jos tiedät mitä tarkoitanused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
- jos ymmärrät mitä tarkoitanused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
French si tu vois ce que je veux dire
- si tu vois ce que je veux direused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
Hungarian ha érted/érti, mire gondolok/célzok, ha ez így érthető
- ha érted/érti, mire gondolok/célzokused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
- ha ez így érthetőused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
Indonesian jika kamu tahu maksud saya
- jika kamu tahu maksud sayaused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
Italian se capisci cosa intendo
- se capisci cosa intendoused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
Polish jeśli wiesz, co mam na myśli
- jeśli wiesz, co mam na myśliused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
Portuguese se é que você me entende, se é que me entendes
- se é que você me entendeused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
- se é que me entendesused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
Russian ну, вы понима́ете
- ну, вы понима́ете (nu, vy ponimájete)used to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
Scottish Gaelic ma tha thu gam thuigsinn
- ma tha thu gam thuigsinnused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
Spanish si sabes a lo que me refiero, si sabes a qué me refiero
- si sabes a lo que me refieroused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
- si sabes a qué me refieroused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
Swedish om du vet vad jag menar, om du förstår vad jag menar
- om du vet vad jag menarused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
- om du förstår vad jag menarused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
Tagalog kung alam mo ang tinutukoy ko
- kung alam mo ang tinutukoy koused to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
Ukrainian ну, розумі́єте, про що́ я
- ну, розумі́єте, про що́ я (nu, rozumíjete, pro ščó ja)used to allude to something unsaid or hinted at
Cite this entry
if you know what I mean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/if%20you%20know%20what%20I%20mean
“if you know what I mean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/if%20you%20know%20what%20I%20mean. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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