Synonyms for hint
hɪnthint

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1. hintverb

   Synonyms:
   insinuate, imply, suggest, allude

2. hintverb

   to suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue

   I needed a hint to complete the crossword.

   Synonyms:
   allude, suggest, imply, insinuate

3. hintverb

   to develop and add hints to a font

   The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens.

   Synonyms:
   allude, imply, suggest, insinuate

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1. hint

   Advert, mention, and refer are used of language that more or less distinctly utters a certain thought; the others of language from which it may be inferred. We allude to a matter slightly, perhaps by a word or phrase, as it were in byplay; we advert to it when we turn from our path to treat it; we refer to it by any clear utterance that distinctly turns the mind or attention to it; as, marginal figures refer to a parallel passage; we mention a thing by explicit word, as by naming it. The speaker adverted to the recent disturbances and the remissness of certain public officers; tho he mentioned no name, it was easy to see to whom he alluded. One may hint at a thing in a friendly way, but what is insinuated is always unfavorable, generally both hostile and cowardly. One may indicate his wishes, intimate his plans, imply his opinion, signify his will, suggest a course of action. Compare SUGGESTION.

   Synonyms:
   advert, allude, imply, indicate, insinuate, intimate, mention, point, refer, signify, suggest

   Preposition:
   The passage evidently alludes to the Jewish Passover.

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1. hint, intimation, breathnoun

   an indirect suggestion

   "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"

   Synonyms:
   lead, breathing space, jot, breathing spell, touch, glimmer, breather, tip, glimmering, intimation, inkling, soupcon, clue, wind, speck, trace, pinch, mite, breathing place, tinge, confidential information, breath, steer, suggestion, breathing time

2. hint, cluenoun

   a slight indication

   Synonyms:
   lead, jot, touch, cue, clew, tip, intimation, soupcon, clue, wind, speck, trace, pinch, mite, tinge, confidential information, breath, steer, suggestion

3. touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupconnoun

   a slight but appreciable amount

   "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

   Synonyms:
   touch, touch sensation, signature, intimation, mite, jot, wind, spot, apprehension, corpuscle, sense of touch, exigency, cutaneous senses, suggestion, confidential information, lead, arrest, touch modality, tactile sensation, tinge, soupcon, ghost, pinch, speck, touching, particle, clue, taking into custody, steer, undertone, tactual sensation, skin senses, jotting, molecule, atom, pinpoint, collar, emergency, tweak, breath, feeling, contact, catch, trace, tip, mote

4. trace, hint, suggestionnoun

   a just detectable amount

   "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"

   Synonyms:
   lead, jot, touch, steer, proposition, prompting, shadow, ghost, intimation, tincture, soupcon, clue, wind, speck, trace, tip, pinch, vestige, proffer, mite, mesmerism, tinge, confidential information, breath, tracing, suggestion, hypnotism

5. tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hintverb

   an indication of potential opportunity

   "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

   Synonyms:
   touch, flatus, mite, farting, lead-in, wind, crest, atomic number 82, nothingness, pinch, crown, suggestion, jot, confidential information, bakshis, peak, leading, breaking wind, soupcon, bullock, point, pourboire, tether, lead, wind instrument, lead story, trail, clue, baksheesh, lede, winding, steer, tinge, leash, gratuity, fart, star, malarkey, idle words, malarky, bakshish, jazz, jumper cable, jumper lead, air current, booster cable, intimation, principal, current of air, top, trace, pencil lead, breath, tip, speck, summit, backsheesh, track, spark advance, twist

6. hint, suggestverb

   drop a hint; intimate by a hint

   Synonyms:
   propose, indicate, suggest, evoke, intimate, advise, paint a picture

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1. hintverb

   Synonyms:
   suggest, intimate, insinuate, allude to, refer to, hint at, glance at, just mention, give an inkling of

2. hintnoun

   Synonyms:
   intimation, suggestion, insinuation, allusion, slight mention

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1. hintnoun

   Synonyms:
   allusion, suggestion, insinuation, intimation, innuendo, inkling

2. hintverb

   Synonyms:
   intimate, suggest, imply, allude to, refer

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1. List of paraphrases for "hint":

   suggestion, index, indication, suspicion, insinuation, track, allusion, clue, tip

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1. List of known nicknames for "Hint":

   Jonathan James

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1. Steve Vladeck:

   It's just as possible that she was dropping a hint as that she was expressing frustration with the case, everyone is going to read into these kinds of tea leaves whatever they want to.

2. Brad Paisley:

   Tonight Mike Fisher're going to reveal something even more exciting, who the father is... Mike [ Fisher ] Mike Fisher're all rooting for you buddy. What's your gut feeling ? Seriously, Carrie Underwood!The give me a little baby hint. Johnny or June ? Keith or Nicole ? Garth or Trisha ? Tim or Faith ? George or Tammy ? Waylon or Willie ?

3. Howard Weintraub:

   Looking at all of those trials that were conducted with a variety of these medications within the ARB family, there was no hint of a cancer risk, it was a very well-done analysis of older trials, and there was no ambiguity that there was not a signal of cancer risk.

4. Todd Thompson:

   Were showing this hint that there is another population out there that we have yet to really probe in the search for black holes, people are trying to understand supernova explosions, how supermassive black stars explode, how the elements were formed in supermassive stars. So if we could reveal a new population of black holes, it would tell us more about which stars explode, which dont, which form black holes, which form neutron stars. It opens up a new area of study.

5. David Goldwyn:

   Fixing the SPR is job one, because it doesn't do any good unless you are able to use it, but it was disappointing to see ... there was no hint that would be the limit of the raid on the reserve.