- hint, intimation, breath - an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"
--1 is a kind of suggestion, proposition, proffer
Derived form: verb intimate2 - inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer - a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"
--2 is a kind of suggestion
Derived forms: verb intimate2, verb intimate1