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clue - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | clue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hint, evidence |
| Synonyms: | cue, dead giveaway*, indication, inkling, intimation, key, lead, mark, notion, pointer, print, proof, sign, solution, suggestion, suspicion, telltale, tip, trace, track, wind, hot lead, tip-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give information |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, apprise, fill in, hint, indicate, inform, intimate, notify, post, suggest, tell, warn, give the lowdown, give the skinny on, lead to, leave evidence, leave trace, leave tracks, point to, wise up |
| Antonyms: | hide, keep secret |
| Main Entry: | acquaint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inform oneself or another about something new |
| Synonyms: | accustom, advise, apprise, bring out, clue, come out with*, disclose, divulge, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, fix up*, get together*, habituate, inform, introduce, notify, post, present, reveal, tell, warn, intro, knock down*, let know, make familiar |
| Antonyms: | conceal, deceive, falsify, hide, hold back, mislead, misrepresent, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | signal to act |
| Synonyms: | catchword, clue, hint, idea, indication, inkling, innuendo, intimation, job, key, lead, nod, notion, prod, prompt, reminder, sign, suggestion, telltale*, warning, hot lead, in the wind, mnemonic, prompting, tip-off |
| Notes: | a queue is a line of people or vehicles waiting for something or an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted; a cue is a signal or stimulus that helps to solve a problem or provides information about what to do - or a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | definition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | description |
| Synonyms: | annotation, answer, clarification, clue, comment, commentary, cue, delineation, demarcation, denotation, determination, diagnosis, drift, elucidation, explanation, exposition, fixing, gloss, interpretation, key, outlining, rationale, rendition, representation, solution, terminology, translation, analogue, characterization, delimitation, exemplification, explication, expounding, formalization, individuation, rendering, settling, signification, statement of meaning |
| Antonyms: | ambiguity, nonsense, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | evidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proof |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, clincher*, clue, confirmation, cue, data, declaration, demonstration, deposition, dope*, goods*, gospel, grounds, index, indication, information, manifestation, mark, sign, significant, smoking gun*, substantiation, symptom, testament, testimonial, testimony, token, witness, attestation, averment, cincher, corroboration, documentation, grabber, indicia, info |
| Antonyms: | contradiction, refutation, disproof, heresay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | facts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inside information |
| Synonyms: | bottom line*, brass tacks*, certainty, clue, cue, data, details, dope*, gospel, reality, scoop*, score*, story, info, inside dope, like it is, lowdown, numbers, poop, whole story |
| Antonyms: | lies |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guideline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | direction |
| Synonyms: | clue, code, guidance, guide, instruction, key, mark, marker, precept, protocol, rule, signal, ground rule, standard procedure |
| Main Entry: | hint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication; suggestion |
| Synonyms: | advice, allusion, announcement, clue, communication, connotation, denotation, evidence, help, idea, implication, impression, inference, information, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, iota, lead, mention, notice, notion, observation, omen, pointer, print, reference, reminder, scent, sign, smattering, suspicion, symptom, taste, telltale, tinge, tip, token, trace, warning, whiff*, whisper, wink*, wrinkle*, adumbration, flea in ear, glimmering, signification, tip-off, word to wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hunch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feeling, idea |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, apprehension, auguration, augury, boding, clue, expectation, feeling in one's bones, foreboding, forecast, foreknowledge, forewarning, forewisdom, funny feeling*, glimmer, hint, impression, inkling, instinct, intuition, misgiving, notion, omination, portent, preapprehension, precognition, preconceived notion, premonition, prenotation, prenotice, presage, presagement, prescience, presentiment, qualm, suspicion, thought |
| Antonyms: | proof, reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idea |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something understood, planned, or |
| Synonyms: | aim, approximation, belief, brainstorm*, clue, concept, conception, conclusion, conviction, design, doctrine, end, essence, estimate, fancy, feeling, flash*, form, guess, hint, hypothesis, import, impression, inkling, intention, interpretation, intimation, judgment, meaning, notion, object, objective, opinion, pattern, perception, plan, purpose, reason, scheme, sense, significance, solution, suggestion, suspicion, teaching, theory, thought, understanding, view, viewpoint, believed abstraction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | index |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication |
| Synonyms: | basis, clue, evidence, formula, guide, hand, indication, indicator, mark, model, needle, pointer, ratio, rule, sign, significant, symbol, symptom, token, indicant, indicia |
| Main Entry: | indicator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sign |
| Synonyms: | barometer, beacon, clue, dial, gauge, guide, hint, index, mark, meter, omen, pointer, signal, symbol, warning |
| Main Entry: | inform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate knowledge, information |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, apprise, betray, blab*, brief, caution, clue, edify, educate, endow, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, forewarn, give away, illuminate, inspire, instruct, invest, leak, level, notify, post, relate, snitch, squeal, tattle, teach, tell, tip, tout, update, warn, wise, endue, give a pointer, give a tip, give two cents, let in on, let know, make conversant with, send word, show the ropes, tell on |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | information |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facts, news |
| Synonyms: | advice, ammo, break*, chapter and verse*, clue, confidence, counsel, cue, data, dirt*, dope*, dossier, earful, enlightenment, erudition, illumination, info, inside story, instruction, intelligence, knowledge, leak, learning, lore, lowdown, material, message, network, notice, notification, orientation, propaganda, report, science, scoop, score, tidings, tip, what's what, whole story, wisdom, word* |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detail |
| Synonyms: | ABC's, article, bottom line*, brass tacks*, case, chapter and verse*, circumstance, clue, cue, element, fact, facts of life, feature, gospel, item, know*, lowdown, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, picture, point, rundown*, scoop*, score*, speciality, specific, specification, story, thing*, what's what, whole story |
| Antonyms: | generality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prime |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get ready; prepare |
| Synonyms: | break in, brief, clue*, coach, cram, excite, fill in, fit, galvanize, groom, inform, motivate, move, notify, provoke, rehearse, stimulate, tell, train, innervate, make ready, prep |
| Antonyms: | forget, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | revelation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disclosure, telling |
| Synonyms: | announcement, apocalypse, betrayal, break, broadcasting, clue, communication, cue, discovery, display, divination, exhibition, expose, exposition, exposure, flash, inspiration, leak, manifestation, news, oracle, proclamation, prophecy, publication, scoop*, showing, sign, tip, vision, adumbration, blow by blow, divulgement, earful, epiphany, eye-opener, foreshadowing, lightning bolt, the latest, uncovering, unearthing, unveiling |
| Antonyms: | secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | token |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication, remembrance |
| Synonyms: | badge, clue, demonstration, earnest, evidence, expression, favor, gift, index, keepsake, manifestation, mark, memento, memorial, note, omen, pawn, pledge, presage, proof, relic, reminder, representation, sample, security, sign, significant, souvenir, symbol, symptom, trophy, warning, warrant, indicia |
| Main Entry: | tutor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | teach someone privately |
| Synonyms: | clue, coach, direct, discipline, drill, drum into*, edify, educate, guide, instruct, lecture, ready, school, train, update, lay it out for, let in on |
| Antonyms: | learn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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