insinuations - 15 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | insinuation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | implication |
| Synonyms: | hint, innuendo, suggestion, veiled remark |
| Main Entry: | accusation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charge of wrongdoing, fault |
| Synonyms: | allegation, arraignment, beef*, blast*, bum rap*, censure, citation, complaint, denunciation, dido, exposé, gripe, imputation, indictment, insinuation, roar*, rumble*, slur, squawk*, stink*, attribution, impeachment, incrimination, recrimination |
| Antonyms: | praise, exculpation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indirect reference; hint |
| Synonyms: | charge, citation, connotation, denotation, figure of speech, implication, imputation, indication, inference, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, mention, play on words, quotation, remark, statement, suggestion, casual remark, incidental mention |
| Notes: | allusion is an 'indirect mention,' illusion is 'false impression,' and delusion is 'deception' which is much stronger than illusion |
| Antonyms: | reality |
| Main Entry: | detraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misrepresentation; slander |
| Synonyms: | abuse, aspersion, backbiting*, calumny, damage, defamation, disparagement, harm, hit, hurt, injury, injustice, innuendo, insinuation, knock*, libel, lie, obloquy, pejorative, ridicule, scandal, slam, smear campaign*, tale, vituperation, wrong, backstabbing, belittlement, denigration, deprecation, derogation, disesteem, libeling, maligning, minimization, muckraking, revilement, running down, scandalmongering, scurrility, traducement, traducing, vilification |
| Antonyms: | admiration, adulation, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | reference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remark, citation |
| Synonyms: | allusion, connecting, hint, implication, innuendo, insinuation, mention, mentioning, note, plug*, quotation, resource, source, advertence, associating, attributing, bringing up, indicating, pointing out, relating, stating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult |
| Synonyms: | accusation, affront, animadversion, aspersion, bar sinister, black eye*, blemish, blot, blur, brand, calumny, discredit, disgrace, dump, expose, hit, innuendo, insinuation, knock, obloquy, odium, onus, put-down*, rap*, reflection, reproach, slam, smear, stain, stigma, stricture, brickbat, dirty dig, zinger |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | suggestion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hint, implication |
| Synonyms: | allusion, association, breath, clue, connotation, cue, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, notion, overtone, reminder, shade, smack, soupçon, strain, suspicion, symbol, symbolism, telltale, thought, tinge, trace, undertone, vein, whisper, wind, autosuggestion, self-suggestion, signification, symbolization, symbology |
| 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*, innuendo, insinuation, jaw*, lip*, noise, nonsense*, palaver, persiflage, prose, racket*, raillery, report, rot*, rubbish*, rumble*, rumor, scuttlebutt*, small talk, tête-è-tête, trash*, yarn*, idle talk, jive* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | undercurrent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drift, pull |
| Synonyms: | atmosphere, aura, direction, eddy, feeling, flavor, hint, inclination, indication, insinuation, intimation, murmur, overtone, propensity, sense, suggestion, tendency, tenor, tinge, trace, trend, undertone, undertow, crosscurrent, riptide, underflow, vibes, vibrations |
| Main Entry: | whisper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rumor; information expressed in soft voice |
| Synonyms: | buzz*, confidence, disclosure, gossip, hint, hum, innuendo, insinuation, mumble, murmur, mutter, report, secret, sigh, undertone, word, divulgence, hushed tone, low voice, secret message, sighing, susurration |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imputation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ascription |
| Synonyms: | accusation, allegation, insinuation, attribution, incrimination |
| Main Entry: | whispering campaign |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | negative campaign |
| Synonyms: | character assassination, innuendo, insinuation, slander, smear campaign, sly suggestion |
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