[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

inkling \in"kling\, n.
   a hint; an intimation.
   1913 webster

         the least inkling or glimpse of this island. --bacon.
   1913 webster

         they had some inkling of secret messages. --clarendon.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

inkling
     n : a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no
         inkling what was about to happen" syn: intimation, glimmering,
          glimmer
see also:
intimation glimmering glimmer 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

61 moby thesaurus words for "inkling":
   bare suggestion, broad hint, clue, cue, dash, gentle hint, gesture,
   glimmer, glimmering, half an idea, hazy idea, hint, idea,
   implication, impression, index, indication, infusion, innuendo,
   insinuation, intimation, kick, look, mere notion, nod, notion,
   nudge, prompt, sauce, scent, seasoning, shade, sign, signal, smack,
   sneaking suspicion, soupcon, spice, spoor, sprinkling, suggestion,
   suspicion, symptom, taint, telltale, tempering, thought, tinct,
   tincture, tinge, tint, tip, tip-off, touch, trace, track,
   vague idea, vestige, whisper, wind, wink

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