Usually means: Suggest or imply subtly, indirectly.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions History Colors (New!)
We found 31 dictionaries that define the word insinuate:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. insinuate: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. insinuate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. insinuate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. insinuate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. insinuate: Vocabulary.com
  6. Insinuate, insinuate: Wordnik
  7. insinuate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. insinuate: Wiktionary
  9. insinuate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. insinuate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. insinuate: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Insinuate, insinuate: Dictionary.com
  13. insinuate: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. insinuate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Insinuate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. insinuate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. insinuate: Rhymezone
  18. Insinuate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. insinuate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. insinuate: Free Dictionary
  21. insinuate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. insinuate: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. insinuate: Legal dictionary

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Insinuate: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Insinuate: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. insinuate: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. insinuate: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See insinuated as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To hint; to suggest tacitly (usually something bad) while avoiding a direct statement.
verb:  (rare) To creep, wind, or flow into; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.
verb:  (figurative, by extension) To ingratiate; to obtain access to or introduce something by subtle, cunning or artful means.

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    subtle gray,     whisper white,     veiled violet, more...
Word origin

Words similar to insinuate

Usage examples for insinuate

Idioms related to insinuate

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Words that often appear near insinuate

Rhymes of insinuate

Invented words related to insinuate

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    subtle gray,     whisper white,     veiled violet, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!