| hint | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. breath, hint, intimation | an indirect suggestion.; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her" |
| ~ proffer, proposition, suggestion | a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection.; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" |
| n. (communication) | 2. clue, hint | a slight indication. |
| ~ indicant, indication | something that serves to indicate or suggest.; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease" |
| n. (quantity) | 3. hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch | a slight but appreciable amount.; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" |
| ~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude. |
| ~ snuff | a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. hint, suggestion, trace | a just detectable amount.; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent" |
| ~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude. |
| ~ spark | a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger.; "a spark of interest"; "a spark of decency" |
| n. (communication) | 5. confidential information, hint, lead, steer, tip, wind | an indication of potential opportunity.; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" |
| ~ counseling, counselling, guidance, counsel, direction | something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. |
| v. (communication) | 6. hint, suggest | drop a hint; intimate by a hint. |
| ~ intimate, adumbrate, insinuate | give to understand.; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" |
| ~ clue in | provide someone with a clue.; "Can you clue me in?" |
| ~ convey | make known; pass on, of information.; "She conveyed the message to me" |
| ~ allude, advert, touch | make a more or less disguised reference to.; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" |
| suggest | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. advise, propose, suggest | make a proposal, declare a plan for something.; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" |
| ~ advocate, recommend, urge | push for something.; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" |
| ~ advance, throw out | bring forward for consideration or acceptance.; "advance an argument" |
| ~ proposition | suggest sex to.; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party" |
| ~ feed back | respond to a query or outcome. |
| ~ put forward, posit, state, submit | put before.; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" |
| ~ make a motion, move | propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting. |
| ~ declare | state emphatically and authoritatively.; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" |
| v. (communication) | 2. intimate, suggest | imply as a possibility.; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" |
| ~ imply | suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic. |
| ~ make out | imply or suggest.; "Your remarks make me out to be stupid" |
| v. (communication) | 3. indicate, suggest | suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine.; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| v. (communication) | 4. evoke, paint a picture, suggest | call to mind.; "this remark evoked sadness" |
| ~ evince, express, show | give expression to.; "She showed her disappointment" |
| ~ reek, smack, smell | have an element suggestive (of something).; "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" |
| ~ incriminate, inculpate, imply | suggest that someone is guilty. |
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