| Main Entry: | allusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indirect reference; hint |
Synonyms: |
casual remark, charge, citation, connotation, denotation, figure of speech, implication, imputation, incidental mention, indication, inference, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, mention, play on words, quotation, remark, statement, suggestion |
| Notes: | allusion is an 'indirect mention,' illusion is 'false impression,' and delusion is 'deception' which is much stronger than illusion |
Antonyms: |
reality |
| Main Entry: | figure of speech |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turn of expression |
Synonyms: |
adumbration, allegory, alliteration, allusion, analogue, analogy, anaphora, anticlimax, antistrophe, antithesis, aposiopesis, apostrophe, asyndeton, bathos, communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device, comparison, conceit, device, echoism, ellipsis, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, litotes, malapropism, manner of speaking, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, ornament, oxymoron, parable, paradox, parallel, personification, proteron, rhetoric, sarcasm, satire, simile, synecdoche, trope, tropology, turn of phrase, understatement, way of speaking |
| Main Entry: | hint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication; suggestion |
Synonyms: |
adumbration, advice, allusion, announcement, clue, communication, connotation, denotation, evidence, flea in ear, glimmering, help, idea, implication, impression, inference, information, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, iota, lead, mention, notice, notion, observation, omen, pointer, print, reference, reminder, scent, sign, signification, smattering, suspicion, symptom, taste, telltale, tinge, tip, tip-off, token, trace, warning, whiff, whisper, wink, word to wise, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | innuendo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suggestion |
Synonyms: |
allusion, aside, aspersion, hint, implication, imputation, insinuation, intimation, overtone, reference, whisper |
Antonyms: |
evidence, proof |
| Main Entry: | intimation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clue, hint |
Synonyms: |
allusion, announcement, breath, communication, cue, declaration, implication, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, notice, notion, reminder, shade, shadow, strain, streak, suggestion, suspicion, telltale, tinge, tip, trace, warning, wind |
| Main Entry: | meaning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | message, signification |
Synonyms: |
acceptation, allusion, bearing, bottom line, connotation, content, context, definition, denotation, drift, effect, essence, explanation, force, gist, heart*, hint, implication, import, interpretation, intimation, meat, name of the game, nature of beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nuts and bolts, pith, point, purport, sense, significance, spirit, stuff, subject, subject matter, substance, suggestion, symbolization, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth |
| Main Entry: | mention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | referral, observation |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, allusion, citation, comment, footnote, indication, naming, note, notice, notification, recognition, reference, remark, specifying, tribute, utterance |
Antonyms: |
quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | reference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remark, citation |
Synonyms: |
advertence, allusion, associating, attributing, bringing up, connecting, hint, implication, indicating, innuendo, insinuation, mention, mentioning, note, plug*, pointing out, quotation, relating, resource, source, stating |
| Main Entry: | suggestion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hint, implication |
Synonyms: |
allusion, association, autosuggestion, breath, clue, connotation, cue, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, notion, overtone, reminder, self-suggestion, shade, signification, smack, soupçon, strain, suspicion, symbol, symbolism, symbolization, symbology, telltale, thought, tinge, trace, undertone, vein, whisper, wind |
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
Synonyms: |
allusion, badinage, banter, blather, bombast, bunk, buzz*, cant, chat, chatter, chitchat, conversation, cry, gab, grapevine, hearsay, hint, hot air, idle talk, innuendo, insinuation, jaw, jive, lip, noise, nonsense*, palaver, persiflage, prose, racket, raillery, report, rot*, rubbish*, rumble*, rumor, scuttlebutt, small talk, trash*, tête-è-tête, yarn |