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Synonyms for hint
hɪnthint

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  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

English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  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.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hintnoun

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

  2. hintverb

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

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "Hint":

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How to use hint in a sentence?

  1. Jeff Clark:

    That's all that central banks have to do anymore. Just hint that they're going to throw easy money in there and it scares the shorts and enables the bulls and bang!, we've got these nice pops.

  2. Rav Yehuda Leon Ashkenazi (Manitou):

    There are 4 empires and we are at the end of the 4th, and there is no text, no hint that the current return fails. At what price, that's another problem.

  3. Liz Hayes:

    Not a hint, not a mention of any impending doom or mayday situation, i did think,' gee that's a lot of flashing lights out there' when we landed, but no more than the flashing lights from emergency vehicles I'd seen in Denver and Washington during this trip -- where there was absolutely nothing happening.

  4. Euben Paracuelles:

    Najib may hint that a five to six percent growth may not be achievable in part of the global oil price plunge but it's likely the official figure would only be released in March.

  5. Grant Rumley:

    I don't see elections anytime soon, but I do see some intrigue at the Fatah conference in November, erekat's tapping as the next PLO secretary-general might be a hint that he'll be appointed vice-president.


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