Synonyms for insinuation
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Noun
1. Innuendo — that which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion
innuendo, implication, hint, intimation, suggestion, allusion, meaning
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Definitions
- n. 1
That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion
Slander may be conveyed by insinuations.
Related words
- Word family
- insinuate
Forms
- Plural
- insinuations → innuendos, implications, hints, intimations…
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Insinuation and innuendo are used in the bad sense; an insinuation is a covert or partly veiled injurious utterance, sometimes to the very person attacked; an innuendo is commonly secret as well as sly, as if pointing one out by a significant nod (L.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- hint Tom gets angry at the slightest hint of criticism.
- implication Her implication in the crime was obvious.
- innuendo It's not easy to work under the shadow of innuendo.
- intimation He didn't give any intimation about that.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| insinuation | rising | |
| hint | rising | |
| implication | steady | |
| innuendo | rising | |
| intimation | falling | |
| ingratiation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hint1
- 7 letters
- meaning2
- 8 letters
- infusion3, innuendo4, allusion3
- 10 letters
- suggestion3, intimation4
- 11 letters
- implication4
- 12 letters
- intervention4, ingratiation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (meaning2 = 2 syllables).