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hint

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hint

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

can't you give me some hint as to where you're taking me?

Synonyms of hint

clue, cue, indication, inkling, intimation, lead, suggestion

Words Related to hint

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

Near Antonyms of hint

answer, solution

2 an almost imperceptible sign of something

there was the slightest hint of scorn in her voice

Synonyms of hint

breath, flicker, glimmer, suggestion, tang, touch, trace, whiff

Words Related to hint

inkling, intimation, scent, wind

evidence, indication, mark, sign

Near Antonyms of hint

permeation, pervasion, saturation

3 a piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert

some helpful hints for cleaning carpet stains

Synonyms of hint

lead, pointer, tip

Words Related to hint

advice, advisement, assistance, counsel, guidance, recommendation, suggestion

caution, cautioning, sign, signal, telltale, tip-off, warning

brief, direction, feedback, instruction, observation

prompt, reminder, urging

answer, clue, solution

4 a very small amount

I detect just a hint of mint in the sauce

Synonyms of hint

ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smack, smell, smidgen (also smidgeon), snap, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace

Words Related to hint

hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit

atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap

dash, drop, pinch

part, portion, section

bite, nibble, taste

handful, scattering, smatter, smattering

chip, flake, fragment, shard, shiver, sliver, smithereens, splinter

clipping, paring, shaving

Phrases Synonymous with hint

drop in the bucket

Near Antonyms of hint

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

chunk, hunk, lump, slab

hint

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of hint

to convey an idea indirectly

kept hinting that she wouldn't mind an invitation to spend the weekend at their beach house

Synonyms of hint

allude, imply, indicate, infer, insinuate, intimate, suggest

Words Related to hint

advert, mention, point, refer, signal, signalize, signify

smack (of), smell (of)

Near Antonyms of hint

announce, declare, proclaim

elucidate, explain, spell out

delineate, describe

Synonym Discussion of hint

suggest, imply, hint, intimate, insinuate mean to convey an idea indirectly. suggest may stress putting into the mind by association of ideas, awakening of a desire, or initiating a train of thought.

- a film title that suggests its subject matter

imply is close to suggest but may indicate a more definite or logical relation of the unexpressed idea to the expressed.

- measures implying that bankruptcy was imminent

hint implies the use of slight or remote suggestion with a minimum of overt statement.

- hinted that she might get the job

intimate stresses delicacy of suggestion without connoting any lack of candor.

- intimates that there is more to the situation than meets the eye

insinuate applies to the conveying of a usually unpleasant idea in a sly underhanded manner.

- insinuated that there were shady dealings

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