CLUES Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

clues 1 of 2

noun

plural of clue

as in indications

a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation) vainly searched for a clue to the answer

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clues

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verb

present tense third-person singular of clue

as in tells

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Recent Examples of clues

Noun

Investors will now be closely watching for clues on Burnham's policy direction, which so far has been scant on details. —

Gail Krishnan, CNBC, 23 June 2026 That profile may include your address, relatives, household changes, property ownership and possible financial clues. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026 Skillmatics Guess in 10 Animal Planet Card Game Take 20 questions up a notch with a card game that challenges kids to guess an animal based on clues. —

Parents, 23 June 2026 Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores. —

Mark Cooper, New York Times, 23 June 2026 Law enforcement is believed to have drawn earlier clues from security footage capturing a masked man carrying a handgun outside Nancy Guthrie’s house. —

Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 23 June 2026 Broadly speaking, however, scientists do have clues about what tend to be desirable characteristics for the microbiome. —

Will Stone, NPR, 22 June 2026 He was widely celebrated as a virtuoso who nurtured America’s economic well-being and whose nearly every utterance was parsed for clues as to where interest rates, the economy and the financial markets might be headed. —

Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 22 June 2026 Drawing on a rare dataset collected in the hours leading up to a massive solar flare, scientists identified a series of changes in the sun's atmosphere that offer new clues about how major eruptions begin. —

Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clues

Noun

Whichever state chooses to do so will come into the national spotlight, as its decision may well serve as indications of how workers feel about the surrounding economic climate.

— Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 21 June 2026
For now, there appears to be positive spending indications for European in-store, but current trends are unclear as data points are still being compiled.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 18 June 2026