| suggestion | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. suggestion | an idea that is suggested.; "the picnic was her suggestion" |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ glimmering, inkling, glimmer, intimation | a slight suggestion or vague understanding.; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" |
| ~ posthypnotic suggestion | a suggestion that is made to a person who is hypnotized that specifies an action he will perform (usually in response to a cue) after he has awakened. |
| n. (communication) | 2. proffer, proposition, suggestion | a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection.; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" |
| ~ proposal | something proposed (such as a plan or assumption). |
| ~ hint, intimation, breath | an indirect suggestion.; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her" |
| ~ touch, trace, ghost | a suggestion of some quality.; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face" |
| ~ feeler, advance, overture, approach | a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others.; "she rejected his advances" |
| n. (quantity) | 3. hint, suggestion, trace | a just detectable amount.; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent" |
| ~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude. |
| ~ spark | a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger.; "a spark of interest"; "a spark of decency" |
| n. (communication) | 4. prompting, suggestion | persuasion formulated as a suggestion. |
| ~ persuasion, suasion | the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. suggestion | the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association. |
| ~ higher cognitive process | cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use. |
| n. (act) | 6. hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion | the act of inducing hypnosis. |
| ~ influence | causing something without any direct or apparent effort. |
| suggest | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. advise, propose, suggest | make a proposal, declare a plan for something.; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" |
| ~ advocate, recommend, urge | push for something.; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" |
| ~ advance, throw out | bring forward for consideration or acceptance.; "advance an argument" |
| ~ proposition | suggest sex to.; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party" |
| ~ feed back | respond to a query or outcome. |
| ~ put forward, posit, state, submit | put before.; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" |
| ~ make a motion, move | propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting. |
| ~ declare | state emphatically and authoritatively.; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" |
| v. (communication) | 2. hint, suggest | drop a hint; intimate by a hint. |
| ~ intimate, adumbrate, insinuate | give to understand.; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" |
| ~ clue in | provide someone with a clue.; "Can you clue me in?" |
| ~ convey | make known; pass on, of information.; "She conveyed the message to me" |
| ~ allude, advert, touch | make a more or less disguised reference to.; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" |
| v. (communication) | 3. intimate, suggest | imply as a possibility.; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" |
| ~ imply | suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic. |
| ~ make out | imply or suggest.; "Your remarks make me out to be stupid" |
| v. (communication) | 4. indicate, suggest | suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine.; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| v. (communication) | 5. evoke, paint a picture, suggest | call to mind.; "this remark evoked sadness" |
| ~ evince, express, show | give expression to.; "She showed her disappointment" |
| ~ reek, smack, smell | have an element suggestive (of something).; "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" |
| ~ incriminate, inculpate, imply | suggest that someone is guilty. |
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