'Intimation' definitions:
Definition of 'intimation'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" [syn: inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer]
Definition of 'Intimation'
From: GCIDE
- Intimation \In`ti*ma"tion\, n. [L. intimatio: cf. F. intimation.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Announcement; declaration. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design. [1913 Webster]
- Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intimation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allegory,
- allusion,
- arcane meaning,
- assumption,
- bare suggestion,
- breath,
- broad hint,
- cast,
- catchword,
- clue,
- coloration,
- connotation,
- cue,
- cue word,
- dash,
- evidence,
- feeling,
- foreboding,
- forefeeling,
- funny feeling,
- gentle hint,
- gesture,
- gleam,
- glimmer,
- glimmering,
- half an idea,
- hazy idea,
- hint,
- hot lead,
- hunch,
- idea,
- implication,
- implied meaning,
- import,
- impression,
- index,
- indication,
- inference,
- infusion,
- inkling,
- innuendo,
- insinuation,
- intuition,
- intuitive impression,
- ironic suggestion,
- key,
- key word,
- kick,
- lead,
- lick,
- look,
- meaning,
- mere notion,
- metaphorical sense,
- nod,
- notion,
- nuance,
- nudge,
- occult meaning,
- overtone,
- preapprehension,
- premonition,
- presentiment,
- presumption,
- presupposition,
- prompt,
- sauce,
- scent,
- scintilla,
- seasoning,
- shade,
- shadow,
- sign,
- signal,
- sip,
- smack,
- smattering,
- smell,
- sneaking suspicion,
- soupcon,
- spark,
- spice,
- spoor,
- sprinkling,
- strain,
- streak,
- subsense,
- subsidiary sense,
- suggestion,
- sup,
- supposition,
- suspicion,
- symbolism,
- symptom,
- taint,
- taste,
- telltale,
- tempering,
- thought,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tint,
- tip-off,
- touch,
- trace,
- track,
- undercurrent,
- undermeaning,
- undertone,
- vague feeling,
- vague idea,
- vestige,
- whiff,
- whisper,
- wind,
- wink