| Insinuative 1. (a.) Stealing on or into the confidence or affections; having power to gain favor. 2. (a.) Using insinuations; giving hints; insinuating; as, insinuative remark. Thesaurus Entries allusory, figurative, figured, flowery, implicational, implicative, implicatory, indicative, inferential, insinuating, insinuative, insinuatory, ironic, mannered, metaphorical, ornamented, referential, suggestive, trolatitious, tropological | ![]() |