Hint and Source

Hint

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

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

Nearby Words: hinted, hinting

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

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Hint and source are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hint" instead a noun "Source".

good	good hint	good source
best	best hint	best source
better	better hint	better source
common	common hint	common source
Other adjectives: single, strong, actual, real, massive, large, big, great, main, important, key, major, useful, possible, comic, biggest.

Energy Being: Some Glyph messages hint at the Shapers being this ('body' being 'impure' or source of all chaos).

Source: Video Game / Ingress
No hint of some source of angst in their note, or in anything their friends or families knew of their lives.

Source: Suicide Is Painless
While the show has dove into the sugar sweetness with no hint of irony whatsoever, it will sometimes throw lampshades on this as a source of comedy.

Source: Tastes Like Diabetes

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

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

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

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