inkling

Meaning of inkling

noun
  1. a slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint.
    the records give us an inkling of how people saw the world

late Middle English (in the sense ‘a mention in an undertone, a hint’): from the rare verb inkle ‘utter in an undertone’, of unknown origin.

Information about inkling

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of inkling is: inklings.
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Hyphenation of inkling

inkling

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • inkling is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

inkling synonyms

Meaning intimation:

intimation, glimmering, glimmer

Meaning a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action:

idea

Meaning a conception of or belief about something:

notion

Meaning a faculty by which the body perceives an external stimulus; one of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch:

sense

Meaning an idea, feeling, or opinion about something or someone, especially one formed without conscious thought or on the basis of little evidence:

impression

Meaning an idea or plan put forward for consideration:

suggestion

Meaning a sign or piece of information that indicates something:

indication

Meaning a slight trace; a hint:

whisper

Meaning a feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true:

suspicion

Meaning an unfounded or tentative belief or idea:

fancy

Meaning a feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact:

hunch

Meaning facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject:

knowledge

Meaning a slight or indirect indication or suggestion:

hint

Meaning a piece of evidence or information used in the detection of a crime:

clue

Meaning an object, quality, or event whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else:

sign

Meaning a hint as to what might happen in the future:

pointer

Meaning an unpleasant hint or suggestion of something bad:

insinuation

Meaning an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one:

innuendo

Anagrams of inkling

kilning, linking

Words that rhyme with inkling

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