Synonyms of intimations

intimations

noun

plural of intimation

as in indications

a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)

the newscaster could not resist giving a slight intimation that the voting was going contrary to predictions

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• solutions
• answers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of intimations

Any intimations of exclusivity have gone out the window, just like the liquor bottles, condoms — and one TV — flung from balconies. — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Lately, those intimations have hit closer to home. — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026

Spokespeople for World Liberty Financial and the White House have repeatedly pushed back against any intimations of conflicts of interest. — Ben Weiss, Fortune, 4 May 2026

But across the entire novel, there are intimations of other ways to be, of other possibilities for the narrator. — Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026

The official announcement did not mention any such official plans, but there are intimations that some type of bundling could be part of the strategy in the future. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025