Definition for Innuendo:

• A side- hint: an indirect reference or intimation.

Synonyms for Innuendo:

• n.

  •
  • back talk,
  • backchat,
  • barb,
  • comment,
  • acknowledgment,
  • bromide,
  • afterthought,
  • bon mot.
  •
  • wisecrack,
  • witticism,
  • a play on words,
  • suggest.
  •allusion (noun)
  • de-notation,
  • re mark,
  • play words,
  • figure speech,
  • casual remarks,
  • incidental mentions,
  • re marks,
  • de-notations,
  • de notation,
  • re-marks,
  • de notations.
  •communication (noun)
  • innuendo.
  •cue (noun)
  • re minder,
  • tipoffs,
  • re-minder,
  • re minders,
  • in wind,
  • re-minders,
  • hot leads.
  •detraction (noun)
  • muckraking,
  • scandal,
  • scandalmongering,
  • in justice,
  • injustice,
  • pejoratives,
  • libel,
  • running down.
  •dig (noun)
  • cutting remarks.
  •double entendre (noun)
  • amphibiologies,
  • double meanings.
  •hint (noun)
  • word to wise,
  • glimmerings,
  • whiff,
  • adumbration,
  • in formation,
  • flea in ear.
  •overtone (noun)
  • over-tone,
  • over-tones,
  • under current,
  • under-currents,
  • over tone,
  • under-current,
  • over tones,
  • under currents.
  •reference (noun)
  • re-sources,
  • connectings,
  • indicatings,
  • advertences,
  • re sources,
  • re source,
  • associatings,
  • attributings,
  • pointing outs,
  • statings,
  • re-source,
  • relatings,
  • bringing ups.
  •rumor (noun)
  • dis-patches,
  • back fence talks,
  • dis patch,
  • backfence talks,
  • back fence talk,
  • dis patches,
  • dis-patch,
  • earfuls,
  • backfence talk,
  • back-fence talks.
  •slur (noun)
  • dirty dig,
  • putdown,
  • zinger,
  • brickbat,
  • brickbats,
  • zingers.
  •suggestion (noun)
  • aside,
  • aspersion.
  •talk (noun)
  • non sense,
  • non senses,
  • non-sense,
  • idle talks.
  •whisper (noun)
  • dis-closure,
  • dis-closures,
  • divulgences,
  • secret messages,
  • dis closure,
  • low voices,
  • dis closures,
  • hushed tones.
  •whispering campaign (noun)
  • sly suggestions,
  • whispering-campaign.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • jest,
  • running joke,
  • canard,
  • one-liner,
  • pun,
  • standing joke,
  • in-joke,
  • light relief,
  • wordplay,
  • punch line,
  • shaggy dog story,
  • raillery.
  •
  • tag line,
  • ribbing,
  • squib,
  • caption,
  • joke.
  •
  • silly.
  •sarcasm
  • irony.

Paraphrases for Innuendo:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    insinuation.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    implication.

Antonyms for Innuendo:

• n.

  • suggestion
    evidence, proof.

Innuendo Sentence Examples:

• Either he pretended not to have heard the girl's innuendo or it failed to get under his skin.

• Burke always argued the point, if he only argued one side of it, and it is the special as it is the saving grace of the pamphlet that it must, or at least should, be an argument, and not merely an invective or an innuendo, a sermon or a lampoon.

Hyponym for Innuendo:

• n.

  • communication
    implication.