INKLINGS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

inklings

noun

plural of inkling

as in indications

a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation) did not give the slightest inkling that he was planning to quit

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Recent Examples of inklings Then, any feeling of empowerment Rue got from her underworld dealings and religious inklings was squished by a Wire-ish cat-and-mouse game between her suppliers and their federal law-enforcement foils, leading to her death in the finale. —

Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 June 2026 Louisa, all the producers and the writers are putting little inklings that are showing these sprinkles of just who John Tucker is that are going to snowball into things. —

Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026 The decision came in mid-March after catching inklings of the shutdown's impacts. —

Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026 Although theorists already had inklings that a magnetar’s tempestuous birth might help explain superluminous supernovae, clinching the case proved difficult. —

Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026 As inklings of Hudson Williams‘ potential Saturday Night Live cameo percolated in the days leading up to his Heated Rivalry co-star Connor Storrie‘s debut hosting gig, the Canadian actor glided onto Studio 8H ice during a sketch. —

Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2026 Even before the photo, members had inklings their search histories were being monitored by the DOJ, which on Monday began allowing lawmakers to review unredacted versions of the files. —

Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026 Almost 25 years ago, when the Department of Homeland Security was first proposed, there were inklings, even among supporters, that things might someday come to this. —

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026 However, researchers had inklings that there were other mechanisms to tone down immune responses, ones outside the thymus. —

Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2025

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Noun

That probably was evident from the wall-to-wall FIFA imagery at Kansas City International Airport, which by all indications is dressed up for the World Cup unlike any others in the United States.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
Early indications of buying interest on Nasdaq pointed to a roughly 30% jump from the shares’ offering price of $135.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 June 2026