• Hint Definition & Synonyms
- (n.) A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
- (v. i.) To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.
- (v. t.) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
Synonyms: Breath,
Clue,
Intimation,
Jot,
Lead,
Mite,
Pinch,
Soupcon,
Speck,
Steer,
Suggest,
Suggestion,
Tinge,
Tip,
Touch,
Trace,
Wind,
• Hintingly Definition & Synonyms
- (adv.) In a hinting manner.