Synonyms for clue in
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kloo |
| Phonetic Transcription : klu |
Top 10 synonyms for clue in Other synonyms for the word clue in
- acquaint
- admonish
- advocate
- affirm
- air
- allow
- apprise
- assert
- attest
- authorize
- aver
- avow
- bid
- blazon
- blow
- brainwash
- break a story
- break down
- break in
- break it to
- break the news
- broadcast
- cable
- call upon
- chirp
- chronicle
- circulate
- clear up
- clue
- clue in
- clue one in
- coach
- come clean
- come out
- command
- confide
- convey
- counsel
- cry wolf
- cue
- debrief
- decipher
- declare
- decode
- define
- depict
- deprecate
- describe
- detail
- diagram
- direct
- discipline
- disclose
- disseminate
- dissuade
- divulge
- draw a map
- drill
- drum into
- dump on
- educate
- engineer
- enjoin
- enlighten
- evince
- exhort
- explain
- expound
- express
- fill in
- fill someone in
- finger
- fink
- forbid
- forearm
- forewarn
- get across
- get off one's chest
- give
- give facts
- give fair warning
- give lessons
- give out
- give the high sign
- give the word
- give warning
- go into detail
- grant
- ground
- guide
- herald
- hint
- humble oneself
- illustrate
- impart
- inform
- instruct
- interpret
- itemize
- justify
- keep posted
- lay it on the line
- lay it out
- lay open
- lead
- leak
- leave word
- lecture
- let in on
- let know
- let on
- let one's hair down
- let slip
- level
- level with
- make aware
- make clean breast of
- make known
- make plain
- manifest
- mention
- narrate
- notify
- open one's heart
- open up
- order
- own
- own up
- particularize
- pass out
- picture
- pilot
- point out
- post
- predict
- prepare
- prescribe
- present
- proclaim
- profess
- prompt
- promulgate
- prove
- publish
- put across
- put before
- put in plain English
- put next to
- put on guard
- put on the line
- put on to
- radio
- rat on
- recite
- recognize
- recommend
- recount
- reel off
- rehearse
- relate
- remind
- remonstrate
- report
- represent
- reprove
- require
- retell
- reveal
- run down
- run through
- say
- school
- send word
- set forth
- shoot the breeze
- show
- signal
- sing
- sling
- snitch
- sound off
- speak
- spill
- spill the beans
- spin a yarn
- spit it out
- spit out
- spread
- squeal
- state
- steer
- suggest
- summon
- talk
- teach
- telephone
- tell
- threaten
- throw light upon
- tip
- tip hand
- tip off
- track
- train
- translate
- tutor
- unfold
- unload
- unravel
- untangle
- update
- urge
- utter
- vent
- verbalize
- warn
- weasel
- wire
- wise up
- write
Définition of clue in
Origin :- 1590s, spelling variant of clew "a ball of thread or yarn," in this sense with reference to the one Theseus used as a guide out of the Labyrinth. The purely figurative sense of "that which points the way" is from 1620s. As something which a bewildered person does not have, by 1948.
- As in instruct : verb inform, teach
- As in notify : verb inform
- As in relate : verb give an account of
- As in spell out : verb clarify, explain
- As in tell : verb communicate
- As in warn : verb give notice of possible occurrence
- As in confess : verb admit, confirm
- As in advise : verb offer information
Antonyms for clue in
- allow
- approve
- ask
- be quiet
- betray
- collect
- commend
- compliment
- conceal
- condemn
- confuse
- contradict
- deceive
- delude
- deny
- disavow
- discourage
- disorganize
- disown
- dissociate
- estimate
- figure
- fool
- gather
- guess
- hide
- ignore
- keep
- keep mum
- keep quiet
- keep secret
- laud
- learn
- lie
- listen
- mask
- misguide
- mislead
- misrepresent
- misunderstand
- neglect
- permit
- praise
- pretend
- prevent
- question
- refrain
- refuse
- reject
- repudiate
- secrete
- suppress
- trick
- veto
- withhold
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