Insinuate Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭn-sĭnyo͝o-āt
To introduce slowly or artfully
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. instill
  2. infiltrate
  3. infuse
  4. ingratiate
  5. edge
  6. slip-in
  7. sneak-in
  8. worm in
  9. foist
  10. work in
  11. edge in
  12. ease in
  13. insert gradually
  14. wind
  15. inject
  16. maneuver
  17. foist oneself
  18. horn in
  19. work
  20. muscle-in
  21. worm
Antonyms:
  1. push
  2. dash
  3. crowd. See syn. study at suggest.suggest
  4. crowd
To make an indirect hint
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hint
  2. intimate
  3. imply
  4. suggest
  5. allude
  6. foist
  7. hint at
  8. implant
  9. indicate
  10. infuse
  11. insert
  12. introduce
  13. penetrate
  14. adumbrate
Antonyms:
  1. conceal
  2. hide
  3. withhold
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To express or otherwise convey (a thought, for example) in an indirect or insidious way.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. suggest
Force one's way into
(Verb)
Antonyms:
  1. leave-alone

Words Related to Insinuate

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.

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Insinuate Sentence Examples

  • Will not be ignoble and say the harsh thing, but only insinuate it.

  • He felt a slight twinge of guilt about what he 'd had to do to insinuate himself into their midst.

  • But the antinomies, as they appeared in Abelard's treatise, without their solutions, could not but seem to insinuate a deep-laid scepticism with regard to authority.

  • To deem something overpopulated is to insinuate that the additional users somehow lessen the experience for the existing members in one way or another.

  • I even insinuate that it is our artificial lighting that is actually rotting the fruit on the tree.

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