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insinuate - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | insinuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hint, suggest |
| Synonyms: | allude, ascribe, connote, imply, impute, indicate, intimate, mention, propose, purport, refer, signify |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, withhold |
| Main Entry: | insinuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force one's way into |
| Synonyms: | curry favor*, fill in, foist, horn in, infiltrate, infuse, ingratiate, inject, insert, instill, interject, interpose, introduce, edge in, get in with, intercalate, muscle in, slip in, wedge in, work in, worm in |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hint at |
| Synonyms: | advert, bring up, imply, insinuate, intimate, point, refer, suggest |
| Notes: | allude is 'mention indirectly, hint at' and refer is 'mention directly' elude means to escape or evade from while allude means to make a more or less indirect reference to |
| Main Entry: | connote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imply |
| Synonyms: | add up to, betoken, denote, designate, evidence, express, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, mean, signify, spell, suggest, hint at |
| Antonyms: | denote |
| Main Entry: | creep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl along, usually on ground |
| Synonyms: | edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe*, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, wriggle, writhe, approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, scrabble, worm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | denote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, mean |
| Synonyms: | announce, argue, bespeak, betoken, connote, evidence, express, finger, flash, imply, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, make, mark, peg, prove, show, signify, spell, stand for, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, typify, add up, hang sign on, put down for, put finger on |
| Main Entry: | doubt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lack confidence in; question |
| Synonyms: | challenge, demur, disbelieve, discredit, dispute, distrust, fear, fluctuate, hesitate, imagine, impugn, insinuate, mistrust, query, scruple, shilly-shally*, surmise, suspect, vacillate, waver, be apprehensive of, be curious, be dubious, be in a quandary, be puzzled, be uncertain, be undetermined, call in question, give no credence, harbor suspicion, have qualms, misdoubt, misgive, not buy, read differently, skepticize, smell a rat, take dim view of, wonder at |
| Antonyms: | believe, rely, trust, be certain, not question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gossip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk about others; spread rumors |
| Synonyms: | babble, bad-mouth*, bend one's ear, blab, blather, blether, chat, chatter, cut to pieces, cut up*, dish, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, jaw*, prate, prattle, rattle on, repeat, report, rumor, schmoose, spill the beans*, spread*, suggest, talk, talk idly, tattle, tell secrets, tell tales, wiggle-waggle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suggest; indicate |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, adumbrate, advise, allude to, angle, apprise, bring up, broach, coax, connote, cue, drop, expose, fish*, foreshadow, give an inkling, impart, imply, infer, inform, insinuate, intimate, jog memory, leak*, let it be known, let out of bag, make*, mention, point, prefigure, press, prompt, put flea in ear, recall, refer to, remind, say in passing, shadow, signify, solicit, spring, tip off, tip one's hand, touch on*, whisper, wink* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | implicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imply, involve |
| Synonyms: | accuse, affect, associate, blame, charge, cite, compromise, concern, connect, embroil, entangle, frame, hint, impute, include, incriminate, inculpate, insinuate, lay at one's door, link, mean, mire, name, pin on, point finger at, relate, stigmatize, suggest, tangle* |
| Antonyms: | defend, pardon, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indicate, mean |
| Synonyms: | betoken, connote, denote, designate, entail, evidence, hint, import, include, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, mention, presuppose, refer, signify, suggest, give a hint, point to |
| Antonyms: | define, explicate, express, state |
| Main Entry: | impute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attribute |
| Synonyms: | accredit, accuse, adduce, ascribe, assign, blame, brand, censure, charge, credit, hint, indict, insinuate, intimate, lay, refer, reference, stigmatize, hang something on, pin on |
| Antonyms: | defend, guard, help, protect |
| Main Entry: | infiltrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | creep in |
| Synonyms: | access, crack*, foist, impregnate, insinuate, penetrate, percolate*, permeate, pervade, saturate, tinge, edge in, filter through, sneak in, work into, worm into |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put, tuck in |
| Synonyms: | admit, embed, enter, fill in, implant, include, infuse, inject, inlay, insinuate, instill, interject, interpolate, interpose, introduce, intrude, obtrude, place, root, set, stick, drag in, imbed, infix, intercalate, interlope, lug in, pop in*, shoehorn, shove in, squeeze in, work in |
| Antonyms: | remove, withdraw, take out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | instigate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence, provoke |
| Synonyms: | abet, actuate, bring about, egg on*, encourage, foment, goad, hint, impel, incite, inflame, initiate, insinuate, kindle, move, needle*, persuade, plan, plot, prompt, raise, rouse, scheme, spur, start, stimulate, suggest, turn on, urge, whip up*, work up, add fuel, fire up, make waves, put up to, rabble-rouse, set on, steam up, stir up |
| Antonyms: | halt, prevent, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | instill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | implant, introduce |
| Synonyms: | brainwash*, catechize, diffuse, disseminate, engender, imbue, impart, impregnate, impress, inculcate, indoctrinate, infiltrate, infuse, inject, inoculate, inseminate, insert, insinuate, inspire, interject, program, suffuse, engraft, force in, infix, intermix, propagandize, put in head, transfuse |
| Antonyms: | dislodge, halt, stop, uproot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw in; interrupt |
| Synonyms: | add, fill in, implant, import, include, infiltrate, infuse, ingrain, inject, insert, insinuate, interpolate, interpose, intersperse, introduce, intrude, splice, force in, intercalate, parenthesize, put in, squeeze in |
| Main Entry: | interpolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add |
| Synonyms: | admit, annex, append, enter, fill in, include, inject, insert, insinuate, interject, interpose, introduce, intrude, intercalate, interjaculate, interlope, throw in |
| Antonyms: | erase, remove, subtract |
| Main Entry: | interrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, interfere |
| Synonyms: | arrest, barge in, break, break in, break off, butt in*, check, come between, crash, cut, cut off*, cut short*, defer, delay, disconnect, discontinue, disjoin, disturb, disunite, divide, halt, heckle, hinder, hold up, horn in, impede, infringe, inject, insinuate, intrude, obstruct, prevent, punctuate, separate, sever, stay, stop, suspend, break train of thought, bust in, chime in*, crowd in, cut in on, edge in, get in the way, in, lay aside, put in, shortstop, work in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suggest; tip off |
| Synonyms: | affirm, air, allude, announce, assert, aver, communicate, connote, declare, expose, express, hint, impart, imply, indicate, infer, insinuate, leak, profess, remind, spill the beans*, spring, state, utter, vent, voice, warn, avouch, drop a hint, let cat out of bag, let it be known, make known, make noise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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