Synonyms of the word

clue

• n. (now rare) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the…
• n. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
• n. An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
• n. (slang) Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick).
• v. To provide with a clue.
• v. To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").

clew

• n. (obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.
• n. (archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.
• n. Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
• n. (nautical) The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting…
• n. (in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
• n. (nautical, in the plural) The cords suspending a hammock.
• n. Archaic form of clue.
• v. (transitive) to roll into a ball.
• v. (nautical) (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail).

cue

• n. An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
• n. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word…
• n. A hint or intimation.
• n. (obsolete) Humour; temper of mind.
• n. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, universities) A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing…
• v. To give someone a cue signal.
• v. (by extension) To spark or provoke.
• n. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
• n. (obsolete) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the…
• v. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
• v. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.

evidence

• n. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
• n. (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
• n. One who bears witness.
• v. (transitive) To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.

hint

• n. A clue.
• n. A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
• n. A small, barely detectable amount of.
• n. (computing) Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should…
• n. (obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
• v. (intransitive) To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
• v. (transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
• v. (transitive) To develop and add hints to a font.

indicant

• adj. Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.
• n. That which indicates or points out.

indication

• n. Act of pointing out or indicating.
• n. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
• n. Discovery made; information.
• n. (obsolete) Explanation; display. Francis Bacon.
• n. (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
• n. (finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

roll

• v. (ergative) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward…
• v. (intransitive) To turn over and over.
• v. To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
• v. (transitive) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing…
• v. (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
• v. (intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
• v. (ergative) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
• v. (ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with…
• v. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
• v. (intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
• v. (ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
• v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To leave or begin a journey.
• v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To compete, especially with vigor.
• v. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
• v. (geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one…
• v. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
• v. (US, slang) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
• v. (dice games, transitive, intransitive) To throw dice.
• v. (dice games, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
• v. (role-playing games) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine…
• v. (computing) To generate a random number.
• v. (nautical, of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare…
• v. (transitive) To beat up; to attack and cause physical damage to.
• v. (transitive, slang) To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To betray secrets.
• v. (slang) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
• v. (intransitive, of a camera) To film.
• v. (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
• v. To have a rolling aspect.
• v. (figuratively, intranstive) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
• v. To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
• v. (figuratively, intransitive) to move and cause an effect on someone.
• v. (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
• n. The act of rolling, or state of being rolled.
• n. A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
• n. That which rolls; a roller.
• n. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
• n. (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on…
• n. (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.
• n. A heavy, reverberatory sound.
• n. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
• n. (obsolete) Part; office; duty; rôle.
• n. A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
• n. The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
• n. The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
• n. A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
• n. A training match for a fighting dog.

twine

• n. A twist; a convolution.
• n. A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various…
• n. The act of twining or winding round.
• n. Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.
• v. (transitive) To weave together.
• v. (transitive) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
• v. (transitive) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
• v. (intransitive) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
• v. (intransitive) To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
• v. (intransitive) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
• v. (obsolete) To turn round; to revolve.
• v. (obsolete) To change the direction of.
• v. (obsolete) To mingle; to mix.

wind

• n. (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or…
• n. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
• n. (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
• n. News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.).
• n. (India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
• n. (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
• n. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
• n. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points,…
• n. A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent…
• n. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
• n. A bird, the dotterel.
• n. (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary…
• v. (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
• v. (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.
• v. (reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.
• v. (Britain) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
• v. (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
• v. (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
• v. (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
• v. (transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
• v. (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
• v. (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
• v. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
• v. (ergative) To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.
• v. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate;…
• v. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
• v. To cover or surround with something coiled about.
• n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.

wrap

• v. (transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
• v. (transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
• v. (figuratively) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
• v. (transitive or intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show,…
• v. (lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line.
• v. (computing, transitive) To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
• n. A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.
• n. A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
• n. (entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
• n. A wraparound mortgage.