ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

indirect, crooked, inferential; by inference, by implication; implicit; constructive;
allusive, covert, muffled; steganographic † ; understood, underhand, underground;
delitescent † , concealed &c 528.
Adv. by a side wind; sub silentio [Lat.]; in the background; behind the scenes, behind
one's back; on the tip of one's tongue; secretly &c 528; between the lines.
Phr. thereby hangs a tale [As You Like It]; tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus [Lat.]
[Vergil]; where there's smoke, there's fire.
527. Information -- N. information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge &c 490;
publicity &c 531; data &c 467.
communication, intimation; notice, notification; enunciation, annunciation;
announcement; communiqu_e; representation, round robin, presentment.
case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition; news &c 532; return &c
(record) 551; account &c (description) 594; statement &c (affirmation) 535.
mention; acquainting &c v.; instruction &c (teaching) 537; outpouring;
intercommunication, communicativeness.
informant, authority, teller, intelligencer † , reporter, exponent, mouthpiece; informer,
eavesdropper, delator, detective; sleuth; mouchard † , spy, newsmonger; messenger &c
534; amicus curiae [Lat.].
valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide; guidebook, handbook; vade mecum [Lat.];
manual; map, plan, chart, gazetteer; itinerary &c (journey) 266.
hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear,
subaudition † , cue, byplay; gesture &c (indication) 550; gentle hint, broad hint; verbum
sapienti [Lat.], a word to the wise; insinuation &c (latency) 526.
information theory.
[units of information] bit, byte, word, doubleword [Comp.], quad word, paragraph,
segment.
[information storage media] magnetic media, paper medium, optical media; random
access memory, RAM; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory,
WORM.
V. tell; inform, inform of; acquaint, acquaint with; impart, impart to; make acquaintance
with, apprise, advise, enlighten, awaken; transmit.
let fall, mention, express, intimate, represent, communicate, make known; publish &c
531; notify, signify, specify, convey the knowledge of.
let one know, have one to know; give one to understand; give notice; set before, lay
before, put before; point out, put into one's head; put one in possession of; instruct &c
(teach) 537; direct the attention to &c 457.
announce, annunciate; report, report progress; bringword † , send word, leave word,
write word; telegraph, telephone; wire; retail, render an account; give an account &c
(describe) 594; state &c (affirm) 535.
[disclose inadvertently or reluctantly] let slip, blurt out, spill the beans, unburden
oneself of, let off one's chest; disclose &c 529.
show cause; explain &c (interpret) 522.
hint; given an inkling of; give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint; insinuate; allude to,
make allusion to; glance at; tip the wink &c (indicate) 550; suggest, prompt, give the cue,
breathe; whisper, whisper in the ear.