Synonyms of inkling

inkling

noun

ˈiŋ-kliŋ 

as in indication

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

did not give the slightest inkling that he was planning to quit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• indication
• clue
• hint
• cue
• suggestion
• idea
• sign
• intimation
• suspicion
• glimpse
• lead
• implication
• evidence
• whiff
• glimmer
• breath
• mention
• scent
• inference
• allusion
• hunch
• insinuation
• wind
• signal
• inspiration
• flicker
• tip
• notion
• intuition
• assistance
• feeling
• innuendo
• token
• premonition
• symptom
• denotation
• presentiment
• key
• overtone
• prompt
• nod
• guidepost
• wink
• pointer
• harbinger
• foretaste
• omen
• foreboding
• telltale
• portent
• tip-off
• presage
• augury
• mark
• foreshadower
• prefigurement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• solution
• answer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inkling

The first inklings of this emerge when camp director Beth (Janeane Garofalo) meets astrophysicist Professor Henry Newman (David Hyde Pierce), who is vacationing in a cabin near the camp. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Inserting the insertor requires foreconceit, an inkling of how a sentence or a plot is going to develop. — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026

This inkling, combined with the broader lack of effective treatments, inspired a small pilot trial involving 21 women. — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026

Whatever the canon may be, Sulkin remained open to returning throughout Wizard Beyond‘s short three-season run and had an inkling that the writers would find a way to eventually make sense of a return for Mason. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026

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