Synonyms of insinuated

insinuated 1 of 2

adjective

as in hinted

Related Words

• hinted
• suggested
• interpreted
• intimated
• inferred
• unsaid
• untold
• presumed
• undeclared
• implied
• unannounced
• construed
• unspoken
• tacit
• unexpressed
• implicit
• unvoiced
• wordless

Dissimilar Words

• explicit
• stated
• express
• obvious
• evident
• apparent
• manifest
• plain
• expressed
• spoken
• voiced
• straightforward
• blatant
• unmistakable
• unequivocal
• unambiguous

insinuated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of insinuate

1

as in infiltrated

to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way

years were needed for the agent to insinuate himself into the terrorist organization

Synonyms & Similar Words

• infiltrated
• inserted
• sneaked
• slipped
• introduced
• wormed
• wound
• worked in
• wriggled
• wiggled
• crept
• edged
• interpolated
• interposed

2

as in implied

to convey an idea indirectly

are you insinuating that I won by cheating?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• implied
• indicated
• hinted
• suggested
• alluded
• intimated
• referred
• inferred
• mentioned
• pointed
• signaled
• signified
• adverted
• signalized
• smelled (of)
• smacked (of)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• announced
• declared
• proclaimed
• explained
• described
• elucidated
• spelled out
• delineated

3

as in inserted

to put among or between others

quietly insinuated herself among the concertgoers raptly listening to the piano solo

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inserted
• introduced
• interjected
• injected
• interspersed
• added
• interpolated
• fitted (in or into)
• interposed
• worked in
• intercalated
• sandwiched (in or between)
• installed
• cut in
• edged in
• shoved
• wedged
• thrust
• appended
• wove
• attached
• inlaid
• inset
• larded
• interlined
• crammed
• interfiled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excluded
• eliminated
• extracted
• withdrew
• expelled
• deducted
• rejected
• detached
• ejected
• subtracted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of insinuated

Verb

Hoffenberg has insinuated that fellow Democrat Chris Getty, the Lyons Township supervisor, improperly accessed the video and had a hand in leaking information about the footage to Gorman. — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Sprague insinuated that Clancy may have crushed up drugs earlier in the day or days before, but Reddington objected, and the judge agreed with him. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

But that has yet to happen because, as Vrabel insinuated, the team does not want to stunt his development at tackle. — Chad Graff, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Hawaiian Airlines first insinuated that my credit card was declined. — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 29 June 2026

Beginning with the Beat Generation, slowly and gently, like pot smoke seeping from a college dorm room, America’s counterculture of the 1950s and 1960s insinuated itself in unlikely places with unexpected results. — Lewis Jacobsen, Air Mail, 23 May 2026

But Finch insinuated that’s also a team issue. — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026

Initially, the white Democrats who ruled the South responded to the rise of Black political power by crafting racist narratives that insinuated that the emergence of Black voters and Black officeholders was a corruption of the proper political order. — Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026

This is because the girls are both insinuated to be June’s daughters. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026