wink at

1. 1.

   give one's silent approval to

   Synonymsconnive at

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Questions about wink at

What does wink at mean?

wink at means "give one's silent approval to".

What is another word for wink at?

Close synonyms include connive at. 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 wink at a common word?

wink at 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.