Cause and Hint

Cause

Cause verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Hint and cause are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hint" instead a verb "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Hint verb - To convey an idea indirectly.

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Cause and hint are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a verb "Hint".

Nearby Words: hinted, hinting

good	good cause	good hint
clear	clear cause	clear hint
common	common cause	common hint
direct	direct cause	direct hint
Other adjectives: single, obvious, actual, real, big, great, serious, huge, little, main, key, major, possible, biggest.

This will cause Boki to complain about the level's difficulty, and Savant to hint that you should have just used one of the robots instead.

Source: Developers' Foresight
He finally realizes that the corpse lacks a shadow, which is a hint at the cause of death.

Source: Casts No Shadow
The only hint you get is that Zorua will show up if Kotaro is in your army... Special passwords that cause a swarm of rare Pokemon to appear can only be used once per game.

Source: Video Game / Pokémon Conquest

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Hint and Cause. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/hint

Cause & Hint. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/hint>.

Hint or Cause. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/hint.

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