Another word for hint
hint
n.
An intimation
allusion, inkling, insinuation, implication, reference, advice, observation, adumbration, reminder, communication, notice, information, announcement, inside information, tip, clue, implied warning, token, idea, omen, scent, cue, trace, whiff, iota, suspicion, notion, whisper, taste, evidence, reminder, memorandum, innuendo, prompter, signification, symptom, connotation, smattering, sign, wink, bare suggestion, glimmering, impression, denotation, supposition, tinge, vague knowledge, inference, prefigurement, premonition, broad hint, gentle hint, word to the wise, memorandum, mnemonic device, manifestation, foretoken, indirection, indication, slight knowledge, tip-off*, pointer*, dope*; see also suggestion 1.
A guarded remark
innuendo, whisper, reflection, aside, insinuation, admonition, sign, suggestion, mention; see also sense 1, allusion, warning.
hint
v.
touch on, refer to, allude to, intimate, apprise, inform, hint at, imply, infer, acquaint, remind, impart, bring up, recall, cue, prompt, insinuate, indicate, wink, broach, signify, foreshadow, advise, adumbrate, cause to remember, inform by indirection, make an allusion to, jog the memory, give a hint of, make indirect suggestion, suggest, give indirect information, make mention of, remark in passing, drop a hint, whisper, give an inkling of*, tip off*, put a bug in one's ear*, tip the wink*, slip the dope*; see also mention, propose 1, refer 2, warn 1.
Antonyms hide*, conceal, cover. See syn. study at suggest.suggest.
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Another word for hint
A subtle quality underlying or felt to underlie a situation, action, or person:
implication, inkling, suspicion, undercurrent, undertone. See show, suggestA subtle pointing out:
clue, cue, intimation, suggestion. See knowledge, suggestA slight amount or indication:
breath, dash, ghost, hair, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. (Informal) whisker. See big, show
To convey an idea by indirect, subtle means:
imply, insinuate, intimate2, suggest. Idiom: drop a hint. See show, suggestTo try to obtain something, usually by subtleness and cunning:
angle1, fish. See ask
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"hint." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 08 August 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/HINT>.
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hint. (n.d.). Retrieved August 08th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/HINT
