Synonyms for clue
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1. cluenoun

   To provide someone with information which he or she lacks.

   Smith, clue Jones in on what's been happening.

   Synonyms:
   hint, indication, suggestion

2. cluenoun

   An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.

   Synonyms:
   signature

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. hint, cluenoun

   a slight indication

   Synonyms:
   lead, jot, touch, cue, clew, tip, intimation, soupcon, wind, speck, hint, trace, pinch, mite, tinge, confidential information, breath, steer, suggestion

2. clue, clew, cueverb

   evidence that helps to solve a problem

   Synonyms:
   pool cue, pool stick, clew, cue, discriminative stimulus, hint, cue stick

3. clue, clewverb

   roll into a ball

   Synonyms:
   clew

Matched Categories

1. • Indication
   • Wind

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cluenoun

   Synonyms:
   guide, direction, clew, CLAVIS

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1. cluenoun

   Synonyms:
   intimation, hint, key

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "clue":

   index, idea, riddle, lantern, enigma, hint, indice

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1. Lindsey Graham:

   Donald Trump is the most uninformed person I've ever met running for president when it comes to foreign policy. He has no clue what he's talking about, do not replace Barack Obama with Donald Trump. It will get worse, not better.

2. Dan Gainor:

   Since when is it a university's role to teach ‘healthy masculinity?’ I doubt seriously that most Princeton academics have a clue what ‘masculinity’ really means, the job also calls for ‘challenging belief systems and social constructs.’ More lefty social garbage trying to remake men so they aren’t men.

3. Heather Benton:

   Even if the bill is passed tomorrow, if I went to my neurologist or our pediatrician, they wouldn’t have a clue what to tell us about dosing and what’s safe with her current medications.

4. Mohini Mohan Mishra:

   The field trials will destroy the entire agrarian economy of this country because they have no clue about the long term impact, they have been blinded by the western corporates and we will not let them commit this blunder.

5. Duncan Hunter:

   The American people would have had no clue on this if we didn’t get these documents from Homeland Security.