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

Some insinuated he had been assassinated for comments regarding the then-recent hijacking of the Achille Lauro by Palestinian terrorists. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

The next day, The Ringer’s Tom Pelissero reported the MRI showed no major injury and insinuated Williams could even play that week. — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Blizzard insinuated that Paramount blackmailed California into negotiating a settlement by threatening to leave the state, a common talking point raised by Bonta. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026

For much of the 1990s and 2000s, Guatemala had been twisting its way toward democracy, but corruption networks and drug traffickers had insinuated themselves into the country’s institutions. — Will Freeman, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

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

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