Synonyms of insinuating

insinuating 1 of 2

adjective

as in charming

likely or intended to win one's affection

the fortune hunter's insinuating attentions were having their intended effect on the naive heiress

Synonyms & Similar Words

• charming
• ingratiating
• affecting
• adorable
• winning
• endearing
• touching
• disarming
• likeable
• winsome
• loveable
• lovable
• likable
• servile
• deferential
• obsequious
• effusive
• sycophantic
• flattering
• poignant
• grovelling
• oleaginous
• saccharine
• adulatory
• kowtowing
• sugary
• soapy
• groveling
• drooling
• unctuous
• fulsome
• slobbering
• slavering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alienating
• displeasing
• repulsive
• repugnant
• uningratiating
• unendearing
• arrogant
• insolent
• disaffecting
• proud
• haughty
• disdainful
• scornful

insinuating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of insinuate

1

as in infiltrating

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

• infiltrating
• sneaking
• inserting
• winding
• slipping
• worming
• working in
• introducing
• wriggling
• creeping
• wiggling
• edging
• interpolating
• interposing

2

as in implying

to convey an idea indirectly

are you insinuating that I won by cheating?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• implying
• indicating
• hinting
• suggesting
• intimating
• alluding
• referring
• inferring
• signalling
• mentioning
• pointing
• signaling
• signifying
• adverting
• signalizing
• smelling (of)
• smacking (of)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• announcing
• declaring
• proclaiming
• explaining
• describing
• elucidating
• spelling out
• delineating

3

as in inserting

to put among or between others

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inserting
• introducing
• injecting
• interjecting
• interpolating
• adding
• interspersing
• fitting (in or into)
• interposing
• working in
• weaving
• intercalating
• installing
• edging in
• sandwiching (in or between)
• thrusting
• shoving
• cutting in
• wedging
• attaching
• appending
• inlaying
• insetting
• larding
• interfiling
• interlining
• cramming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excluding
• eliminating
• extracting
• withdrawing
• deducting
• subtracting
• expelling
• rejecting
• ejecting
• detaching