Antonyms for insinuate
ɪnˈsɪn yuˌeɪtin·sin·u·ate

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. insinuateverb

   Synonyms:
   imply

2. insinuateverb

   (rare) to creep, wind, or flow into; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices

   The water insinuated itself into the rock. It became ice, which expanded and cracked large fragments off of the hard stone.

   Synonyms:
   imply

3. insinuateverb

   (figurative of the above) to ingratiate; to obtain access to or introduce something by subtle, cunning or artful means

   Synonyms:
   imply

4. insinuateverb

   to hint; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement

   She insinuated that her friends had betrayed her.

   Synonyms:
   imply

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insinuate

   Advert, mention, and refer are used of language that more or less distinctly utters a certain thought; the others of language from which it may be inferred. We allude to a matter slightly, perhaps by a word or phrase, as it were in byplay; we advert to it when we turn from our path to treat it; we refer to it by any clear utterance that distinctly turns the mind or attention to it; as, marginal figures refer to a parallel passage; we mention a thing by explicit word, as by naming it. The speaker adverted to the recent disturbances and the remissness of certain public officers; tho he mentioned no name, it was easy to see to whom he alluded. One may hint at a thing in a friendly way, but what is insinuated is always unfavorable, generally both hostile and cowardly. One may indicate his wishes, intimate his plans, imply his opinion, signify his will, suggest a course of action. Compare SUGGESTION.

   Synonyms:
   advert, allude, hint, imply, indicate, intimate, mention, point, refer, signify, suggest

   Preposition:
   The passage evidently alludes to the Jewish Passover.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.9 / 7 votes

1. insinuate

   Antonyms:
   withdraw, retract, alienate, extract

   Synonyms:
   introduce, insert, worm, ingratiate, intimate, suggest, infuse, hint

Matched Categories

1. • Introduce

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. insinuateverb

   introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner

   "He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table"

   Synonyms:
   intimate, adumbrate

2. intimate, adumbrate, insinuateverb

   give to understand

   "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"

   Synonyms:
   sketch, outline, intimate, adumbrate, suggest

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. announce, boldly spell out, declare, describe, elucidate, explain, proclaim

   as insinuate means to suggest something unpleasant in an indirect way, its antonym should be a word related to suggesting something openly and boldly but not indirectly.

   Submitted by rockdbattle231k on April 17, 2021  

How to use insinuate in a sentence?

1. Armie Hammer:

   I also didn't mean to insinuate, nor do I believe, that Casey or anyone from his camp had anything to do with leaked information that took place during the press for ‘Birth of a Nation,’.

2. Roger Gannam:

   If there's any attempt here to accuse Ms. Davis of wrongdoing or insinuate that she's somehow doing something wrong, we would completely disagree with that.

3. Michael Parenti:

   The worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most successful ones, are not those we rail against but those that so insinuate themselves into the imagery of our consciousness, and the fabric of our lives, as not to be perceived as tyranny.

4. Bill Behrns:

   I can not believe anyone would insinuate Sister Jean gave up on these kids, how utterly disgusting.

5. Buck Sexton:

   For John Brennan, the most recent former CIA director, to come forward and insinuate -- on national TV -- that a sitting president is the subject of blackmail by a foreign adversary is outrageous, there used to be a day when intelligence officials, whether they were in office or out of office, would not spew innuendo like that, especially such grave charges.

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