tint

1. 1.

   a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

   “after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted”

   Synonymsshadetincturetone

   Broadercolor

   Narrowermellownessrichnessundertone
2. 2.

   a dye for coloring the hair

   Synonymshair dyehair coloring

   Broaderdye

   Narrowerhennarinse
3. 3.

   a just detectable amount

   “he speaks French with a trace of an accent”

   “a hint mockery in her manner”

   “a tint of glamour”

   Synonymstracehintsuggestion

   Broadersmall indefinite quantity

   Narrowerspark

1. 1.

   color lightly

   “her greying hair was tinged blond”

   “the leaves were tinged red in November”

   Synonymstincttingetouch

   Broadercolor

   Narrowerhennatincturecomplexion

Other forms of tint

plural

tints·

past tense

tinted·

present participle

tinting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tint

What does tint mean?

tint means "a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tint?

tint has 1 syllable: tint. In IPA it is /ˈtɪnt/.

What is another word for tint?

Close synonyms include shade, tincture, tone, hair dye, hair coloring. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tint a common word?

tint is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.