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Showing words for HINT using the English dictionary

4 Letter Words for Hint

hint, thin

3 Letter Words for Hint

hin, hit, int, nit, nth, tin

Definitions for Hint

[1] an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
[2] a very slight or hardly noticeable amount; soupçon: a hint of garlic in the salad dressing.
[3] perceived indication or suggestion; note; intimation: a hint of spring in the air.
[4] Obsolete . an occasion or opportunity.
[5] to give a hint of: gray skies hinting a possible snowfall.
[6] to make indirect suggestion or allusion; subtly imply (usually followed by at ): The article hinted at corruption in the mayor's office.
[7] a suggestion or implication given in an indirect or subtle manner he dropped a hint
[8] a helpful piece of advice or practical suggestion
[9] a small amount; trace
[10] (when intr, often foll by at; when tr, takes a clause as object ) to suggest or imply indirectly

Words related to Hint

impression, reference, taste, whisper, sign, idea, evidence, warning, scent, information, wrinkle, tip, suspicion, reminder, trace, whiff, advice, clue, mention, announcement

Words nearby Hint

hinky, hinny, hinoki cypress, hinsdale, hinshelwood, hint, hinterland, hinton, hioi, hip, hip bath

Origin of Hint

1595–1605; (noun) orig., opportunity, occasion, apparently variant of obsolete hent grasp, act of seizing, derivative of the v.: to grasp, take, Middle English henten, Old English hentan; (v.) derivative of the noun

Other words from Hint

hint·er , noun
un·hint·ed , adjective

Word origin for Hint

C17: of uncertain origin

Synonyms for Hint

advice, announcement, clue, evidence, idea, implication, impression, information, inkling, intimation, mention, notion, reference, reminder, scent, sign, suspicion, symptom, taste, tinge, tip, trace, warning, whiff, whisper, wink, wrinkle, adumbration, allusion, communication, connotation, denotation, glimmering, help, inference, innuendo, insinuation, iota, lead, notice, observation, omen, pointer, print, signification, smattering, telltale, tip-off, token, flea in ear, word to wise