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Synonyms for hint
hɪnthint
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Wiktionary
hintverb
hintverb
to suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue
I needed a hint to complete the crossword.
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.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, suggestPreposition:
The passage evidently alludes to the Jewish Passover.
Princeton's WordNet
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 timehint, cluenoun
a slight indication
Synonyms:
lead, jot, touch, cue, clew, tip, intimation, soupcon, clue, wind, speck, trace, pinch, mite, tinge, confidential information, breath, steer, suggestiontouch, 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, motetrace, 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, hypnotismtip, 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, twisthint, suggestverb
drop a hint; intimate by a hint
Synonyms:
propose, indicate, suggest, evoke, intimate, advise, paint a picture
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
hintverb
Synonyms:
suggest, intimate, insinuate, allude to, refer to, hint at, glance at, just mention, give an inkling ofhintnoun
Synonyms:
intimation, suggestion, insinuation, allusion, slight mention
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
hintnoun
Synonyms:
allusion, suggestion, insinuation, intimation, innuendo, inklinghintverb
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "hint":
suggestion, index, indication, suspicion, insinuation, track, allusion, clue, tip
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How to use hint in a sentence?
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.
I was not ready for it. I did not receive any hint, or any support to say ‘you know, this is the decision we’ve taken, it’s going to go live in 15 minutes, just be ready for it’.
I'm not just a hint of spice, I’m the whole bark.
Obviously the children that go on to depression the more we can identify them well the more we are hopeful that we can get preventive treatments going. Not waiting for them to be suffering but helping them beforehand, so we want to learn both to identify early children who are at true risk, help them before they struggle and learn from those that are resilient what is different about them because that might be a hint about how to help the children that are not resilient.
I believe the court in effect gave the government a strong hint how it can put an end to this saga.
Translations for hint
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- nápověda, klíč, narážka, náznak, vodítkoCzech
- HinweisGerman
- indirecta, dar un indicioSpanish
- hitunen, aavistus, vihje, vihjaista, vihjataFinnish
- faire allusion, indication, soupçonFrench
- leidIrish
- gliocasScottish Gaelic
- pista, indicioGalician
- רמזHebrew
- accenno, aiuto, allusione, suggerimento, indizio, drittaItalian
- 手がかり, ヒント, ほのめかすJapanese
- whakamōhio, tīwhiriMāori
- aanwijzingDutch
- antyde, hinteNorwegian
- toque, quêPortuguese
- случай, подсказка, намекнуть, наводка, намёк, возможность, шанс, намекатьRussian
- ledtråd, antydan, vinkSwedish
- 暗示Chinese
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