Synonyms of cues

cues 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of cue

as in clues

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

taking a cue from nature, scientists are developing safe and effective insecticides using insect hormones

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• solutions
• answers

cues

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of cue

as in lines

a series of persons or things arranged one behind another

the cue to get tickets to the concert moved with agonizing slowness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lines
• queues
• columns
• strings
• trains
• files
• rows
• ranges
• ranks
• sequences
• chains
• tiers
• progressions
• arrays
• successions
• echelons

cues

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verb

present tense third-person singular of cue

as in queues

Related Words

• lines
• queues
• aligns
• sequences
• lines up
• places
• files
• sets
• displays
• emplaces
• maps (out)
• sets out
• prioritizes
• proportions
• orders
• unscrambles
• ranges
• alphabetizes
• marshals
• balances
• systematizes
• hierarchizes
• classifies
• organizes
• arrays
• standardizes
• arranges
• lays out
• equalizes
• disposes
• grooms
• codifies
• evens
• regularizes
• straightens (up)
• draws up
• makes up
• tidies (up)
• spruces (up)

Dissimilar Words

• disorders
• disarranges
• deranges
• rumples
• messes (up)
• musses (up)
• disarrays
• misaligns

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cues

Noun

The rapper isn’t the only star to take cues from beauty behaviors of the past. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026

The payoff comes from stacking small wins, including bitter flavor cues that wake up the cephalic phase of digestion, fiber that feeds gut bacteria and nutrients that support overall health. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026

Yet Frenchman Flat does provide some directional cues toward a safer future. — Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026

Without real-time cues to soften or clarify, a message sent is on its own; it may be read hours later by a recipient in any mood, and without you there to explain. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

These calls can also feel stilted without cues like body language or other real-time human feedback. — Sarah Jackson juhohn Lee, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Taking design cues from the original Royal Oak chrono launched in 1997, the limited edition features AP signature octagonal bezel, hexagonal screws, and tri-compax subdial arrangement, but has been given the Williams treatment. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2026

At the time, OpenAI spokesperson Gaby Raila told NPR in an email that ChatGPT is trained to recognize signs that someone may be at risk — including indirect cues or warning signs that emerge over time. — Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026

The book takes cues from both Song of Solomon and Sula—a revenge side plot in Song takes center stage and devolves in a Shakespearean fashion. — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026