INTIMATIONS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of intimations 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimations

Noun

That probably was evident from the wall-to-wall FIFA imagery at Kansas City International Airport, which by all indications is dressed up for the World Cup unlike any others in the United States.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
Early indications of buying interest on Nasdaq pointed to a roughly 30% jump from the shares’ offering price of $135.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 June 2026