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

3 of 3

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 first of these is the Star Matrix, a design clearly borrowing cues from the Bugatti Chiron, Mistral, and Brouillard. — New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2026

Much of the generation spent its formative high school or college years attending classes remotely, missing out on the informal cues previous generations may have picked up through internships or in-person jobs. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

The Destrier’s visual dynamism is expressed in its dimensions and stance, along with Bugatti’s hallmark styling cues, such as the overt C-line. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2026

The model recognizes physical airport features, including runways, taxiways and aprons, and uses those visual cues to improve its spatial understanding during prediction. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026

Her first fine jewelry collection, which debuted in February, takes its cues from the Victorian era. — Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026

Your child will take cues from you, so be calm and confident that everything will go well. — Karin A. Bilich, Parents, 4 Aug. 2026

Our work shows that expressive cues appear to shift how people perceive a mistake out of the category of technical malfunction and into the category of social violation, like those that happen between people. — Yigit Topoglu, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

The cues are on the pillar next to the transformer pool table. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026