Clue

//kluː//

Synonyms for "clue" (114 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (23)

hint acquaint advice advise alerting answer apprise basis for belief body of evidence broad hint catchword caution chain of evidence conception cudgel cue cue word data datum

Noun(3 words)

hint clew cue

Verb(1 words)

clew

Strong matches (34)

Related words (57)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

7 entries

evidence indicant indication roll twine wind wrap

Synonyms

3 entries

hint idea signature

Related terms

2 entries

evidence red herring

at location

2 entries

drawer toy store

derived

22 entries

Cluedo clue card clue in clue stick clue up clue-by-four cluebat cluebie clued up clueful clueless cluelike cluestick cluey context clue get a clue

Showing 16 of 22 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

clew

has context

1 entries

slang

is a

2 entries

board game evidence

manner of

1 entries

wind

related to

20 entries

board board game candlestick clue stick colonel colonel mustard conclusion detective detective hint evidence game guide have clue hint indication information

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Translations

103 translations across 34 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἔνδειξις noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

संकेत noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Bulgarian

2 entries

указа́ние noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
ули́ка noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

線索 /线索 noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
證據 /证据 noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)

Czech

3 entries

klíč noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
nápověda noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
vodítko noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Danish

4 entries

fingerpeg noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
holdepunkt noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
ledetråd noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
nøgle noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Dutch

4 entries

aanwijzing noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
spoor noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
een tip geven verb (to provide with a clue)
informeren verb (to provide with information)

Esperanto

2 entries

indico noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
indico noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)

Finnish

4 entries

johtolanka noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
johtolanka noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)
näyttö noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)
todiste noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)

French

4 entries

idée noun (insight or understanding)
indice noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
indice noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)
piste noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)

German

4 entries

Anhaltspunkt noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
Faden noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
Hinweis noun (something which points the way, a guide)
Hinweis noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Greek

1 entries

ένδειξη noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Hebrew

3 entries

מֻשָּׂג noun (insight or understanding)
מושג noun (insight or understanding)
רמז noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Hindi

1 entries

संकेत noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Hungarian

4 entries

bűnjel noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)
fogalma noun (insight or understanding)
fogódzó noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
gőze noun (insight or understanding)

Indonesian

2 entries

petunjuk noun (something which points the way, a guide)
petunjuk noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Italian

3 entries

indizio noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
pista noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
prova noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)

Japanese

4 entries

きっかけ noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
切っ掛け noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
手掛かり noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
手掛かり noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)

Korean

2 entries

실마리 noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
실마리 noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)

Latin

1 entries

indicium noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)

Māori

1 entries

tīwhiri noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

ariadnetråd noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
forståelse noun (insight or understanding)
innsikt noun (insight or understanding)
ledetråd noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Polish

1 entries

podpowiedź noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Portuguese

4 entries

indício noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
indício noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)
pista noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
pista noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)

Romanian

4 entries

habar noun (insight or understanding)
idee noun (insight or understanding)
indiciu noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
indiciu noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)

Russian

4 entries

ключ noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
нить noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
след noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
указа́тель noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

gliocas noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

indicija noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
indicija noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)

Spanish

3 entries

indicio noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
indicio noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)
pista noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Swedish

2 entries

ledtråd noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
ledtråd noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)

Thai

3 entries

ร่องรอย noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
เบาะแส noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
เบาะแส noun (object or marking that may be used in evidence)

Turkish

1 entries

ipucu noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Vietnamese

1 entries

manh mối noun (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Welsh

1 entries

clem noun (insight or understanding)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The habits of highly intelligent people offer a clue as to how to do that.

Source: tatoeba (18863)

There was no clue as to the identity of the murderer.

Source: tatoeba (47760)

You have missed an important clue.

Source: tatoeba (69224)

The police found no clue.

Source: tatoeba (238257)

Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.