HINT

tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint

(noun) an indication of potential opportunity; “he got a tip on the stock market”; “a good lead for a job”

hint, clue

(noun) a slight indication

hint, intimation, breath

(noun) an indirect suggestion; “not a breath of scandal ever touched her”

trace, hint, tint, suggestion

(noun) a just detectable amount; “he speaks French with a trace of an accent”; “a hint mockery in her manner”; “a tint of glamour”

touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon

(noun) a slight but appreciable amount; “this dish could use a touch of garlic”

hint, suggest

(verb) drop a hint; intimate by a hint

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

hint (plural hints)

A clue.

A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.

A small, barely detectable amount of.

(computing) Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.

(obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.

Synonyms

• (small amount): see also modicum.

Verb

hint (third-person singular simple present hints, present participle hinting, simple past and past participle hinted)

(intransitive) To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.

(transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.

(transitive) To develop and add hints to a font.

Synonyms

• See also allude

Anagrams

• Nith, thin, thin'

Source: Wiktionary

Hint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hinting.] Etym: [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. sq. root36. Cf. Hent.]

Definition: 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.

Definition: 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.

Definition: 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 M

Syn.

– Suggestion; allusion. See Suggestion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition