Hint and Root

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Hint noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).

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Root and hint are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Root" instead a noun "Hint".

Nearby Words: hinted, hinting

Root noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Hint and root are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hint" instead a noun "Root".

Nearby Words: rooted, rootless, rooter, rooting, rootlet

common	common hint	common root
single	single hint	single root
obvious	obvious hint	obvious root
small	small hint	small root
Other adjectives: actual, real, large, last, occasional, giant, red.

way

hint way

root way

Root consider going on vacation to the United States next, but this hint to a sequel never came about.

Source: Sequel Hook
Not only would House Prastaran probably be destroyed root and branch if the High Council even had a hint of their attitudes toward human-elven relationships, but by the last fourth of the book he is in active collaboration with the 'Halfbloods'.

Source: Reverse Mole
Upon experimentation, they discover it actually represents six (the letter "O" is the 15th letter of the alphabet; 15's digital root is 6—this is also a hint about another letter that resembles a number), foreshadowing the fact that Zero is actually June.

Source: Visual Novel / Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

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Root and Hint. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hint/root

Hint & Root. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hint/root>.

Root or Hint. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hint/root.

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