What's The Definition Of Hint?
[n] an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
[n] a slight indication
[n] an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"
[n] a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
[n] a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
[v] drop a hint; intimate by a hint
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hint: breath |
clue |
confidential information |
intimation |
jot |
lead |
mite |
pinch |
soupcon |
speck |
steer |
suggest |
suggestion |
tinge |
tip |
touch |
trace |
wind
Related Terms | Find terms related to Hint: admonishment |
admonition |
adumbrate |
adumbration |
advert |
advice |
aide-memoire |
alarm |
allegorize |
allegory |
allude |
allude to |
allusion |
angle |
arcane meaning |
argue |
assistance |
assume |
assumption |
augur |
bare suggestion |
be indicative of |
be significant of |
be symptomatic of |
beg |
bespeak |
betoken |
bid fair |
breath |
bring to mind |
broad hint |
cast |
catchword |
caution |
caveat |
characterization |
characterize |
clue |
coax |
coloration |
connotation |
connote |
cue |
cue word |
dash |
denominate |
denomination |
denotation |
denote |
designation |
deterrent example |
differentiate |
differentiation |
direction |
disclose |
disclosure |
display |
divine |
drop a hint |
entail |
evidence |
example |
express |
expression |
final notice |
final warning |
fingering |
fish |
flapper |
foreshadow |
foretoken |
gentle hint |
gesture |
give a hint |
give evidence |
give prospect of |
give the cue |
give token |
glance at |
gleam |
glimmer |
glimmering |
half an idea |
hazy idea |
help |
highlight |
hint at |
hold out hope |
hot lead |
idea |
identification |
identify |
implicate |
implication |
implied meaning |
imply |
import |
importune |
impression |
index |
indicate |
indication |
indicativeness |
infer |
inference |
infusion |
inkling |
innuendo |
insinuate |
insinuation |
inspiration |
intimate |
intimation |
involve |
ironic suggestion |
jogger |
key |
key word |
kick |
lead |
lesson |
lick |
look |
make fair promise |
make likely |
manifest |
manifestation |
mark |
mean |
mean to say |
meaning |
memorandum |
mention |
mere notion |
metaphorical sense |
monition |
moral |
naming |
nod |
note |
notice |
notification |
notion |
nuance |
nudge |
object lesson |
occult meaning |
overtone |
particle |
picking out |
plead |
point indirectly to |
point to |
pointer |
pointing |
pointing out |
pointing to |
prefigure |
preindicate |
presign |
presignal |
presignify |
press |
presume |
presumption |
presuppose |
presupposition |
pretypify |
promise |
prompt |
prompter |
prompting |
raise expectation |
refer |
remembrance |
remembrancer |
reminder |
reveal |
sauce |
scent |
scintilla |
seasoning |
seek |
selection |
shade |
shadow |
shadow forth |
show |
showing |
sign |
signal |
signification |
signify |
sip |
smack |
smattering |
smell |
sneaking suspicion |
solicit |
soupcon |
spark |
specification |
spell |
spice |
spoor |
sprinkling |
stand fair to |
stand for |
strain |
streak |
subsense |
subsidiary sense |
suggest |
suggestion |
sup |
suppose |
supposition |
suspicion |
symbolism |
symptom |
symptomaticness |
symptomatize |
symptomize |
taint |
take for granted |
taste |
telltale |
tempering |
testify |
thought |
threat |
tickler |
tinct |
tincture |
tinge |
tint |
tip |
tip off |
tip-off |
token |
touch |
trace |
track |
trifle |
twang |
typify |
ultimatum |
undercurrent |
undermeaning |
undertone |
vague idea |
vein |
verbum sapienti |
vestige |
warning |
warning piece |
whiff |
whisper |
wind |
wink
See Also | adumbrate |
advert |
allude |
clue in |
convey |
counsel |
counseling |
counselling |
direction |
guidance |
impart |
indicant |
indication |
insinuate |
intimate |
proffer |
proposition |
small indefinite amount |
small indefinite quantity |
snuff |
spark |
suggestion |
touch
Hint In Webster's Dictionary
\Hint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hinted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hinting}.] [OE. henten, hinten, to seize, to catch, AS.
hentan to pursue, take, seize; or Icel. ymta to mutter, ymtr
a muttering, Dan. ymte to whisper. [root]36. Cf. {Hent}.]
To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to
suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike. --Pope.
Syn: To suggest; intimate; insinuate; imply.
\Hint\, v. i.
To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to
allude vaguely to something.
We whisper, and hint, and chuckle. --Tennyson.
{To hint at}, to allude to lightly, indirectly, or
cautiously.
Syn: To allude; refer; glance; touch.
\Hint\, n.
A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a
suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or
explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
Our hint of woe Is common. --Shak.
The hint malevolent, the look oblique. --Hannah More.
Syn: Suggestion; allusion. See {Suggestion}.
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