Hint and Shadow

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Hint

Hint noun - A very small amount.

Usage example: I detect just a hint of mint in the sauce

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Shadow is a synonym for hint in anticipation topic. In some cases you can use "Shadow" instead the word "Hint" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like big, suggest.

Nearby Words: hinted, hinting

Shadow

Shadow noun - A very small amount.

Usage example: not even a shadow of a doubt about the defendant's guilt

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Hint is a synonym for shadow in trace topic. You can use "Hint" instead the word "Shadow" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as anticipation, proposal, big.

Nearby Words: shade, shady, shadowy, shadowed, shadowing

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How words are described

single	single hint	single shadow
obvious	obvious hint	obvious shadow
heavy	heavy hint	heavy shadow
actual	actual hint	actual shadow
Other adjectives: real, massive, large, great, huge, little, slight, ominous, main, mere, last, giant.

Common collocations

nice	hint nice	shadow nice
reference	hint reference	shadow reference
way	hint way	shadow way

Both words in one sentence

Rosalina's Big Damn Heroes moment, were it not easy enough to figure out before, had the clearest hint given at the end of Chapter 35 with the words: "shadow of an observatory"

Source: Foreshadowing
The first hint that it's coming is a massive shadow that darkens the entire battlefield.

Source: Shadow of Impending Doom
In the fourth book of The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Khaba's shadow not matching the sun, or indeed Khaba's movements, gives Bartimaeus the hint there may be more at work than meets the eye.

Source: The Shadow Knows

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