Cue
Cue noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).
Usage example: taking a cue from nature, scientists are developing safe and effective insecticides using insect hormones
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Synonyms for Cue
Tip and cue are semantically related In some cases you can use "Tip" instead the word "Cue" as a noun or a verb.
Nearby Words: cued, cueing
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How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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You can set a pool ball on top of the tip of a cue stick, and set the cue stick off.
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Cue Suzaku delivering a very clean cut of the sword from the tip to the hilt with an equally clean Diagonal Cut of the mech.
Source: Wrecked Weapon -
Heroic R.R.O.D.: The Douglas Shot is so powerful, that it completely wrecks the tip of Shinsuke's cue after a relatively short bout of uses (granted it has been in storage and hasn't been maintained for the better part of three to four decades) and netted him a loss against Domon.
Source: Manga / Break Shot
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Tip and Cue. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cue/tip
Cue & Tip. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cue/tip>.
Tip or Cue. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cue/tip.
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