Synonyms of inklings

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• indications
• clues
• hints
• cues
• suggestions
• ideas
• intimations
• signs
• suspicions
• glimpses
• leads
• notions
• feelings
• implications
• glimmers
• whiffs
• evidences
• scents
• allusions
• inspirations
• signals
• winds
• inferences
• breaths
• mentions
• hunches
• symptoms
• insinuations
• intuitions
• flickers
• tips
• overtones
• innuendos
• guideposts
• keys
• presentiments
• premonitions
• tokens
• pointers
• prompts
• harbingers
• denotations
• forebodings
• telltales
• assistances
• winks
• nods
• portents
• omens
• foretastes
• marks
• tip-offs
• auguries
• presages
• foreshadowers
• prefigurements

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• solutions
• answers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inklings

Because the album is rich with melody—because the compositions snake so readily from note to note, compared to Malone’s previous works—inklings of narrative start to seep from the foggy passages. — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026

My first inklings of this came in random encounters with Chinese people, in bank lines, on trains, or on the sidelines of public events. — Howard W. French, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026

Throughout this episode, there are inklings that the Keenes may still be themselves, deep down. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

The first inklings of this emerge when camp director Beth (Janeane Garofalo) meets astrophysicist Professor Henry Newman (David Hyde Pierce), who is vacationing in a cabin near the camp. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 20 Aug. 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