Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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intj
Signifies that something previously said should be taken as a hint or heeded closely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: often, reduplication
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A clue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: indication, tip
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: allusion, implication, innuendo, insinuation, nod
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A small, barely detectable amount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: touch, trace, ace, atom, thought, atomy, aught, bissel, bit, crumb, glimpse, dab, damn, dash, diddly, glint, dot, spatter, drop, dusting, fleck, glimmer, hint, flip, flyspeck, grain, halfpennyworth, inch, iota, jot, lick, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ooch, ounce, particle, pennyworth, piece, pinch, relish, scantling, semblance, scent, scintilla, scooch, scrap, scruple, shred, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spark, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, tad, tidbit, tidge, tinge, tittle, toddick, trifle, tuppence worth, vestige, whiff, whit
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: chance, moment
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: intimate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To develop and add hints to a font.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an indication of potential opportunity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
noun
a slight indication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: clue
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indication, indicant
noun
an indirect suggestion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: intimation, breath
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: suggestion, proposition, proffer
noun
a just detectable amount
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: trace, suggestion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
Narrower terms: spark
noun
a slight but appreciable amount
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: touch, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
Narrower terms: snuff
verb
drop a hint; intimate by a hint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: suggest
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: convey
Narrower terms: intimate, adumbrate, insinuate, clue in, allude, touch, advert
History
From Middle English hinten, hynten, variant of henten (“to lay hold of, catch”), from Old English hentan (“to seize, grasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną. Doublet of hent. Related also to hunt.
Across languages
188 source translations are retained for this English entry.
