Intimation

/ˌɪntəˈmeɪʃən/

Synonyms for "intimation" (144 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Noun(7 words)

hint inkling adumbration advisement breath cue foreshadowing

allegory allusionarcane meaningassumptionbare suggestionbreathbroad hintcast catchword clue coloration connotation cudgel cuecue worddash evidence feeling foreboding forefeeling

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foretokenfunny feeling

Strong matches (43)

gentle hintgesture gleam glimmer glimmeringhalf an ideahazy ideahinthot leadhunch idea implicationimplied meaningimport impression index indication inference infusion inkling

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innuendo insinuation intuitionintuitive impressionironic suggestionkeykey wordkick lead lick look meaningmere notionmetaphorical sensenod note notion

Noun(5 words)

glimmer glimmering insinuations notice notification

Verb(1 words)

implying

Related words (72)

nuance nudgeoccult meaningovertone preapprehension prediction premonition presentiment presumption presupposition prompt reference reminder sauce scent scintilla seasoning shade shadow sign

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signal sip smack smattering smellsneaking suspicionsoupcon spark spice spoor sprinkling strainstraw in the windstray streak subsensesubsidiary sensesuggestion sup supposition suspicion symbolism symptom taint taste telltale tempering thought threat tinct tincture tinge tinttip offtip-off touch trace track twang undercurrent undermeaning undertonevague feelingvague ideavestige whiff whisper wind wink

Noun(3 words)

presage suggestion tidings

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries

communication indication notice notification premonition proffer proposition sign signal suggestion

More specific

8 entries

allusion cue foreshadowingformal noticehint inklingofficial notificationprefiguration

Collocations

5 entries

clear intimationintimation of dangerintimation of policystrong intimationsubtle intimation

Inflections

1 entries

intimations

Derivations

3 entries

intimate intimately intimator

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He didn't give any intimation about that.

Source: tatoeba (4632284)

There have been moments during the last ten years when I have fell so portentously old, so fagged and finished, that I should have taken as a very bad joke any intimation that this present sense of juvenility was still in store for me.

Source: tatoeba (11566377)

They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.

Source: wiktionary

Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him.

Source: wiktionary

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