Synonyms for tinge
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Hint
hint, touch, speck, dash, taste, flavor US, flavour UK, taint, stain, sprinkling, smattering, scintilla, trace, pinch, modicum, spice, admixture, dab, lick, spark, grain, smack, mite
2. Tincture — A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing
Verb
3. Infuse
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.
- n. 2
The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.
- v. 1
To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.
- v. 2
To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
Choose the right word
To tinge is to color slightly, and may also be used of giving a slight flavor, or a slight admixture of one ingredient or quality with another that is more pronounced.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- taste My wife's taste in clothes is different from mine.
- hint Tom gets angry at the slightest hint of criticism.
- speck There wasn't even a speck of dust on the table.
By length
- 3 letters
- dye1, hue1, dab1
- 4 letters
- cast1, hint1, dash1, lick1, tint1, mite1
- 5 letters
- touch1, color2, taste1, trace1, grain1, shade1, spark1, spice1, pinch1, stain1, smack1, speck1, taint1, imbue2
- 6 letters
- colour2, flavor2, infuse2, sadden2
- 7 letters
- flavour, distort2, modicum3, pervade2
- 8 letters
- tincture2, teinture
- 9 letters
- admixture, undertone3, scintilla3
- 10 letters
- sprinkling2, smattering3, impregnate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (color2 = 2 syllables).