Hint
Hint noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).
Slice
Slice noun - A number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole.
How words are described
| good | good hint | good slice |
| nice | nice hint | nice slice |
| single | single hint | single slice |
| small | small hint | small slice |
| Other adjectives: actual, big, huge, little, tiny, final, extra, last, occasional, comic, giant, previous, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Hyakuen: Slice of money-saving high school girls' life, with a dash of comedy and hint of ecchi.
Source: Slice of Life - While the image illustrates Elliot's irrational fears, it does not hint that the work is a comedic slice-of-life.
Source: Webcomic / Blood Stain -
The same applies to slice of thinly disguised paganism like "Seven Hundred Elves", and the occasional hint of Celtic dissidence, which the English state and church would not have appreciated.
Source: Music / Steeleye Span
Cite this Source
Slice and Hint. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hint/slice
Hint & Slice. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hint/slice>.
Slice or Hint. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hint/slice.
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