Synonyms for cue
kyucue

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cuenoun

   an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech

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

2. clue, clew, cuenoun

   evidence that helps to solve a problem

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

3. discriminative stimulus, cuenoun

   a stimulus that provides information about what to do

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

4. cue, cue stick, pool cue, pool stickverb

   sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards

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

5. prompt, remind, cueverb

   assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

   Synonyms:
   inspire, move, actuate, propel, prompt, motivate, instigate, incite, remind

Matched Categories

1. • Actor's Line
   • Evidence
   • Stimulation

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cuenoun

   Synonyms:
   hint, suggestion, intimation, catchword, wink, nod

2. cuenoun

   Synonyms:
   rod (in billiards)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cuenoun

   Synonyms:
   catchword, queue, pigtail, hint, suggestion, intimation

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

1. List of paraphrases for "cue":

   signal, cué, tail, taco

Suggested Resources

1. CUE

   What does CUE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the CUE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Cue

   Cue vs. Queue -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Cue and Queue.

How to pronounce cue?

How to say cue in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use cue in a sentence?

1. Geoffrey Carter:

   The infrared looks for a flash from a gunshot and the acoustics listens for the bang, so we get the flash and the bang, and then we cue the operator. The accoustics get us very accurate azimuth, or bearing, to the threat. The combination of knowing the speed of light and the speed of sound, we’re able to get the distance in the time of arrival to the threat.

2. Peter Cardillo:

   The market is likely to take its cue today again from oil prices, lower oil prices are a sign of weak global economic activity. And that's why we have this correlation between oil and other markets.

3. Animal Planet:

   She's one of the only giraffes at the Dallas Zoo who can stick her long tongue out on cue.

4. Charles Krauthammer:

   [Obama last night] said if you talk about the Muslims in a bad way, that's a recruiter for ISIS. Guantanamo was a recruiter for ISIS. When the fact is the cruelty and the savagery.... is the recruiter for ISIS, [The president] locates the origin of all that recruiting in what we do, and he thinks therefore, the cue is for us to do as little as possible. It’s an insane strategic view of the world, but he actually holds it.

5. Animal Planet:

   She's one of the only giraffes at the Dallas Zoo who can stick her long tongue out on cue!