'Inkling' definitions:
Definition of 'inkling'
(from WordNet)
noun
A slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" [syn: inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer]
Definition of 'Inkling'
From: GCIDE
- Inkling \In"kling\, n. A hint; an intimation. [1913 Webster]
- The least inkling or glimpse of this island. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- They had some inkling of secret messages. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inkling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bare suggestion,
- broad hint,
- clue,
- cue,
- dash,
- gentle hint,
- gesture,
- glimmer,
- glimmering,
- half an idea,
- hazy idea,
- hint,
- idea,
- implication,
- impression,
- index,
- indication,
- infusion,
- innuendo,
- insinuation,
- intimation,
- kick,
- look,
- mere notion,
- nod,
- notion,
- nudge,
- prompt,
- sauce,
- scent,
- seasoning,
- shade,
- sign,
- signal,
- smack,
- sneaking suspicion,
- soupcon,
- spice,
- spoor,
- sprinkling,
- suggestion,
- suspicion,
- symptom,
- taint,
- telltale,
- tempering,
- thought,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tint,
- tip,
- tip-off,
- touch,
- trace,
- track,
- vague idea,
- vestige,
- whisper,
- wind,
- wink