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

Drivers notoriously focus intensely on performance, and, like any athletes, have learned to ignore cues everyday people may follow. — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Take cues from Celine and Dries Van Noten and look for long pendants featuring a constellation of medallions, letters, shells, horns, the like. — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026

The scientists gave participants blind taste tests, then scanned their brains during tastings that involved cues such as flashes of light or pictures of a Coke or Pepsi can. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 4 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. — Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

These cues feel less like hand-holding for the audience and more of an acknowledgement of the artistry of whoever’s imagination and vulnerability lights up the screen. — Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026

Layered Tees As for the most unexpected trend on this list, New York City’s style set seems to be taking cues from…my middle school class photos? — Jordan Julian, InStyle, 3 Sep. 2026

Her work takes cues from natural phenomena including the movement of rivers. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026

But more recently, cell phone videos taken by audience members at Knight performances, including one from a July 25 Hollywood Bowl concert, show the singer wandering the stage, her back to the audience and seeming to miss singing cues. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026