Synonyms of hints

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noun

plural of hint

1

as in clues

a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)

can't you give me some hint as to where you're taking me?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clues
• indications
• cues
• suggestions
• ideas
• signs
• intimations
• inklings
• glimpses
• suspicions
• leads
• tips
• implications
• mentions
• evidences
• notions
• allusions
• glimmers
• whiffs
• scents
• feelings
• signals
• innuendoes
• inferences
• inspirations
• pointers
• insinuations
• winds
• keys
• breaths
• innuendos
• hunches
• symptoms
• tokens
• flickers
• intuitions
• overtones
• prompts
• guideposts
• telltales
• assistances
• nods
• premonitions
• winks
• presentiments
• denotations
• omens
• portents
• harbingers
• forebodings
• tip-offs
• marks
• auguries
• presages
• foretastes
• prefigurements
• foreshadowers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• solutions
• answers

2

as in glimmers

an almost imperceptible sign of something

there was the slightest hint of scorn in her voice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glimmers
• touches
• suggestions
• traces
• flickers
• signs
• whiffs
• breaths
• indications
• intimations
• scents
• evidences
• tangs
• winds
• inklings
• marks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saturations
• permeations
• pervasions

3

as in tips

a piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert

some helpful hints for cleaning carpet stains

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tips
• advice
• recommendations
• suggestions
• instructions
• pointers
• signs
• feedback
• guidance
• observations
• clues
• leads
• directions
• warnings
• signals
• solutions
• reminders
• assistances
• advisements
• answers
• counsel
• prompts
• tip-offs
• briefs
• telltales
• cautions
• urgings

4

as in sprinklings

a very small amount

I detect just a hint of mint in the sauce

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glimmers
• sprinklings
• splashes
• touches
• little
• specks
• bits
• traces
• licks
• sparks
• dabs
• particles
• shades
• shadows
• flecks
• suspicions
• crumbs
• streaks
• bites
• handfuls
• slivers
• smells
• smacks
• rays
• drops
• ounces
• nips
• soupçons
• drams
• scruples
• pinches
• shreds
• spots
• dashes
• smidgens
• spatters
• smidges
• peanuts
• smidgeons
• mites
• driblets
• strains
• minimums
• smidgins
• snaps
• scintillas
• parts
• aces
• drops in the bucket
• grains
• skoshes
• tastes
• doses
• dots
• patches
• molecules
• vestiges
• sections
• nibbles
• portions
• fragments
• semblances
• scraps
• syllables
• jots
• smatterings
• granules
• atoms
• morsels
• minims
• minima
• motes
• iotas
• whits
• shivers
• modicums
• scatterings
• flyspecks
• shards
• hoots
• chips
• tittles
• nubbins
• flakes
• handsful
• clippings
• splinters
• parings
• smatters
• shavings
• tatters
• shots
• smithereens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loads
• lots
• quantities
• masses
• heaps
• piles
• deals
• bundles
• mountains
• gobs
• bushels
• stacks
• barrels
• reams
• buckets
• oodles
• scads
• boatloads
• abundances
• pecks
• wads
• fistfuls
• rafts
• messes
• volumes
• much
• wealths
• lashings
• profusions
• surpluses
• excesses
• potfuls
• plenties
• passels
• lashins
• embarrassments
• slabs
• chunks
• bonanzas
• overflows
• superfluities
• overages
• lumps
• overmuch
• hunks
• overabundances
• surfeits
• oversupplies
• superabundances
• overkills

hints

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verb

present tense third-person singular of hint

as in indicates

to convey an idea indirectly

kept hinting that she wouldn't mind an invitation to spend the weekend at their beach house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• indicates
• implies
• suggests
• alludes
• refers
• intimates
• infers
• mentions
• signals
• points
• insinuates
• signifies
• smells (of)
• signalizes
• adverts
• smacks (of)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• announces
• declares
• explains
• proclaims
• describes
• spells out
• elucidates
• delineates