HINTING Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in implying

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verb

present participle of hint

as in indicating

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

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Recent Examples of hinting

Verb

Trump’s subordinates have been hinting for months that ICE agents or other federal officers may turn up at polling places on Election Day. — Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026 The filmmaker was hinting heavily at what might be in store for the festival’s surprise screening Wednesday evening at the Institut Lumière. — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026 With the midterms coming up and the administration hinting generally at more budget cuts in the past week, educators here want to spread the word. — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 Over the last week, its official Instagram account has hosted a series of vignette teasers hinting to potential locations of the next stretch. — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026 The performance underscores the capability of Nvidia's chips, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hinting that OpenAI will be using even more computing power from the company going forward. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026 The storyline will play out as OA is embedded into Anna’s operation, with Weiss hinting to the outlet that the rest of the team should be clued in sooner rather than later during season 9. — Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026 The lines between Olive and Adam start to blur as the trailer continues, hinting that these two might not be fake dating anymore. — Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026 Your recourse at this point is talking directly to the supervisor rather than hinting about your displeasure. — R Eric Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hinting

Adjective

Who leaves, when, and how, is often interpreted, with a senior leader's early departure potentially shifting meeting energy or implying disapproval, while a junior's might be seen differently.

— Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
The article spends considerable time questioning the first while implying doubts about the second.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 20 June 2026

Definition of implying

Verb

His military awards include six Bronze Star Medals, including one for valor, and a Purple Heart, indicating he was wounded in combat.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
The latest reports land a day after Fed policymakers left interest rates unchanged, indicating a desire to consider more economic data before making their next policy move.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of indicating

Adjective

The effect dissipates somewhat whenever Cahyono resorts to less suggestive, more blatantly surreal imagery.

— Kambole Campbell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Though revealing, his version of naked dressing was tantalizingly suggestive rather than explicitly bare.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of suggestive

Verb

Despite this view, Rosenberg is cautious about suggesting that this dynamic makes bonds a safe bet.

— Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
Mice given the higher-density vaccine were significantly less likely to develop colon tumors, suggesting that the platform could be adapted to target different cancer-specific proteins.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of suggesting

Adjective

Rather than viewing the insinuating and undeniably creepy Gacy as an inherent threat, Macmanus finds the tragedy in the disparate and desperate circumstances amid which Gacy might have represented an illusion of hope.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
In the process, the day-to-day nightmare of Dana’s new reality gets lost, even if the more insinuating discomfort of her present-day reality has been enhanced.

— Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2022

Definition of insinuating

Adjective

Lifetime members of the prestigious institution are known in France as Immortals, a symbolic title.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
This approach also failed to deter Ukraine’s land incursions into Russia and strikes on symbolic Russian targets and Russian strategic infrastructure, let alone compel Kyiv to surrender.

— Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of symbolic

Adjective

Fashion lost Mackie back in September, and the late designer—known for his impeccable, expressive glitz—was responsible for dressing everyone from Cher to Carol Burnett.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026
The director Pam MacKinnon even has cast the perfect lead actress as that mom in the richly expressive Katrina Lenk.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026