Hinting Synonyms and Antonyms

To try to obtain something, usually by subtleness and cunning
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. fishing
  2. angling
Drop a hint; intimate by a hint
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. suggesting
  2. intimating
  3. warning
  4. adumbrating
  5. insinuating
  6. referring
  7. whiffing
  8. whispering
  9. tracing
  10. advising
  11. touching
  12. implying
  13. foreshadowing
  14. tipping
  15. inferring
  16. signifying
  17. broaching
  18. winking
  19. indicating
  20. outlining
  21. prompting
  22. mentioning
  23. recalling
  24. imparting
  25. reminding
  26. acquainting
  27. helping
  28. forewarning
  29. apprizing
Antonyms:
  1. concealing
  2. hiding
To express or state indirectly:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. suggesting

Words Related to Hinting

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Hinting Sentence Examples

  • It is unlikely that he inserted this postscript from a feeling of ironical playfulness, to make the Galatians realize that, after the sternness of the early chapters, he was now treating them like children, "playfully hinting that surely the large letters will touch their hearts" (so Deissmann, Bible-Studies (1901), 346 f.).

  • Had she been hinting at an almost mystical dimension to her work?

  • Walch's Bibliotheca Theologica (1757) not published complete until 1663) was universally understood as hinting conclusions hostile to Christianity (cf.

  • Without entering into any examination of the charges brought before them, the synod condemned him on the ground of contumacy, and, hinting that his audacity merited the punishment of treason, called on the emperor to ratify and enforce their decision.

  • During the journey a video is played hinting at man 's violence and our romanticism of the countryside.

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