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Synonyms for clue
kluclue
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Wiktionary
cluenoun
To provide someone with information which he or she lacks.
Smith, clue Jones in on what's been happening.
Synonyms:
hint, indication, suggestioncluenoun
An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
Synonyms:
signature
Princeton's WordNet
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, suggestionclue, clew, cueverb
evidence that helps to solve a problem
Synonyms:
pool cue, pool stick, clew, cue, discriminative stimulus, hint, cue stickclue, clewverb
roll into a ball
Synonyms:
clew
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
cluenoun
Synonyms:
intimation, hint, key
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#276 | index | |
#1176 | lead | |
#1234 | idea | |
#1899 | wind | |
#2192 | touch | |
#2765 | tip | |
#2882 | signature | |
#5503 | trace | |
#6080 | breath | |
#6151 | suggestion | |
#8286 | indication | |
#8915 | hint | |
#11057 | clue | |
#11931 | cue | |
#14970 | lantern | |
#16778 | steer | |
#17127 | pinch | |
#19762 | riddle | |
#20043 | enigma | |
#28001 | mite | |
#30914 | speck | |
#40680 | indice | |
#44346 | jot | |
#62776 | tinge | |
#82628 | intimation | |
#108269 | clew | |
#209786 | soupcon |
How to use clue in a sentence?
They don't have a goddamn clue what they're talking about but we are not going to let them destroy this city, people that don't have a clue about how to keep New Yorkers safe suddenly think they know about policing.
The folks who know the truth aren't talking.... The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up!
I didn't have a clue what I was doing, we're not a sophisticated business. We're a tiling company... We basically took the bank's advice.
LIFE AND LONGEVITY MUST ACT IN SYNERGY. HERE'S, ONE EXAMPLE:-eg. SODIUM AND CHLORINE FORMS THE BASIS OF -TABLE SALT- SO OFTEN EATEN SAFELY ON OUR FOOD--BUT TAKEN SEPARATELY, ARE DEADLY POISONS WHICH WILL IMMEDIATELY KILL US. SYNERGY IN THEIR COMBINED EFFECTS GUARANTEES THEIR SAFETY FOR LIFE. THIS REASONING IS ANALOGOUS TO HOW-HOMEOSTASIS AND EQUILIBRIUM GIVES A CLUE TO THE BODY'S FUNCTIONAL NORMALITY.
What I did was just what the families had to do but they had no clue how. They say they really appreciated me contacting them. I was really glad to hear their words, i'm now researching about Dutch and British POWs, not just in Hiroshima but also Nagasaki.
Translations for clue
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- دليلArabic
- указание, уликаBulgarian
- vodítko, klíč, nápovědaCzech
- fingerpeg, nøgle, spor, holdepunktDanish
- Indiz, Hinweis, AnhaltspunktGerman
- indicoEsperanto
- indicio, pistaSpanish
- näyttö, vihje, johtolanka, todisteFinnish
- indice, informer, preuveFrench
- gliocasScottish Gaelic
- רמזHebrew
- pista, prova, indizioItalian
- 手がかり, きっかけ, 切っ掛けJapanese
- indiciumLatin
- tīwhiriMāori
- spoor, aanwijzingDutch
- indício, sugestão, pistaPortuguese
- нить, указатель, улика, след, ключRussian
- indicijaSerbo-Croatian
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