Intimation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of intimating or announcing.
  • noun. An announcement; a formal declaration or notification: as, an intimation from the Foreign Office.
  • noun. Information indirectly or covertly imparted; a suggestion or hint; an implied meaning: as, an intimation that one's presence is not desired; intimation of danger.
  • noun. Synonyms Suggestion, Insinuation, etc. See hint, v. t.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
  • noun. Announcement; declaration.
  • noun. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
  • noun. Announcement; declaration.
  • noun. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an indirect suggestion
  • noun. a slight suggestion or vague understanding
    • Word Usage
    "This intimation is the proceed of mere love, which, whether you embrace or no, I shall still continue all those good wishes and offices of respect that may become"
    cross-reference
    announcement  dash  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    proffer  proposition  suggestion  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    acknowledgment  admonition  allusion  announcement  apprehension  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    allegory  allusion  announcement  arcane meaning  assumption  
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.