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hint
Synonyms and Antonyms of hint
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a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)
clue, cue, indication, inkling, intimation, lead, suggestion
breath, flicker, glimmer, glimpse, mention, scent, whiff, wind
hunch, idea, inspiration, notion
allusion, implication, inference, innuendo, insinuation
denotation, evidence, guidepost, key, mark, overtone, pointer, sign, signal, telltale, token
assistance, nod, prompt, tip, tip-off, wink
feeling, foreboding, intuition, premonition, presentiment, suspicion
augury, foreshadower, foretaste, harbinger, omen, portent, prefigurement, presage, symptom
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an almost imperceptible sign of something
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a piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert
4
a very small amount
drop in the bucket
abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, lashings (also lashins) [chiefly British], loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth
bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus
hint
Synonyms and Antonyms of hint
to convey an idea indirectly
Synonym Discussion of hint
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- a film title that suggests its subject matter
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- measures implying that bankruptcy was imminent
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- hinted that she might get the job
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- intimates that there is more to the situation than meets the eye
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- insinuated that there were shady dealings
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