Innuendo
Innuendo noun - A slyly or subtly derogatory remark.
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Synonyms for Innuendo
Reference is a synonym for innuendo in suggestion topic. In some cases you can use "Reference" instead a noun "Innuendo", when it comes to topics like insinuation.
Reference
Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.
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Synonyms for Reference
Innuendo is a synonym for reference in remark topic. You can use "Innuendo" instead a noun "Reference".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- inference and innuendo
- inference and reference
- association and innuendo
- association and reference
- significance and innuendo
- significance and reference
- hint and innuendo
- hint and reference
- indication and innuendo
- indication and reference
- suggestion and innuendo
- suggestion and reference
- suspicion and innuendo
- suspicion and reference
How words are described
| clear | clear innuendo | clear reference |
| similar | similar innuendo | similar reference |
| brief | brief innuendo | brief reference |
| complete | complete innuendo | complete reference |
| Other adjectives: many, single, obvious, overt, blatant, actual, constant, massive, big, little, subtle, sexual, deliberate, explicit, indirect, veiled, hilarious, occasional, intentional, unintentional, visual. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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There's usually a reference to The Itch during these sequences, as that plot point has been repeatedly (mis?)interpreted as a sexual innuendo.
Source: Humanity Ensues - Hammond notes this for future reference, but May says he has used one (for "you know, spillage") then goes on with an innuendo-laden discussion of two legitimate uses a man might find for a tampon.
Source: I Never -
Then, a contestant who lost the bonus round told Pat to "show me something small" (in reference to the prize money), but Pat played up the Accidental Innuendo and began walking off the set.
Source: Series / Wheel of Fortune
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Reference and Innuendo. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/innuendo/reference
Innuendo & Reference. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/innuendo/reference>.
Reference or Innuendo. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/innuendo/reference.
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