Intimation and Key

Intimation

Intimation noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).
Usage example: the newscaster could not resist giving a slight intimation that the voting was going contrary to predictions
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Synonyms for Intimation

Key and intimation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Key" instead a noun "Intimation".

Key

Key noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.

Intimation and key are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intimation" instead a noun "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

How words are described

physical physical intimation physical key
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Key and Intimation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/intimation/key
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