Hint
Hint verb - To convey an idea indirectly.
Usage example: kept hinting that she wouldn't mind an invitation to spend the weekend at their beach house
Indicate is a synonym for hint in imply topic. In some cases you can use "Indicate" instead a verb "Hint", when it comes to topics like intimate, point, mean, insinuate.
Indicate
Indicate verb - To convey an idea indirectly.
Usage example: her expression indicated that she was uncomfortably cold, but she was too polite to say so
Hint is a synonym for indicate in imply topic. You can use "Hint" instead a verb "Indicate", if it concerns topics such as intimate, point, mean, signify.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| love | hint love | indicate love |
| connection | hint connection | indicate connection |
| importance | hint importance | indicate importance |
| relationship | hint relationship | indicate relationship |
| Other words: control, nature, presence, type, form, end, way, world, history. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- The nearest hint we get is in the episode with everybody's birthdays - which would seem to indicate they've been waiting for less than a year.
Source: Western Animation / Captain Star -
There's nothing really to indicate that you can't beat him, the only hint being that the manual says there are 3 sections of the game, while this fight takes place in the 2nd section.
Source: Hopeless Boss Fight -
Although they would generally indicate which punch was laced with acid and which one wasn't, a number of people would either come in late or miss the hint and not know they were getting dosed.
Source: Intoxication Ensues
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