Synonyms for suggest
səgˈdʒɛst, sə-sug·gest

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1. suggestverb

   Synonyms:
   propose, imply, hint, allude, insinuate

2. suggestverb

   To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.

   Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?

   Synonyms:
   imply, hint, allude, propose, insinuate

3. suggestverb

   To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).

   The name hamburger suggests that hamburgers originated from Hamburg.

   Synonyms:
   imply, hint, allude, propose, insinuate

4. suggestverb

   To ask for without demanding.

   I’d like to suggest that we go out to lunch.

   Synonyms:
   insinuate, imply, hint, allude, propose

5. suggestverb

   To recommend.

   The guidebook suggests that we visit the local cathedral, which is apparently beautiful.

   Synonyms:
   insinuate, propose, allude, imply, hint

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1. suggest

   Advert, mention, and refer are used of language that more or less distinctly utters a certain thought; the others of language from which it may be inferred. We allude to a matter slightly, perhaps by a word or phrase, as it were in byplay; we advert to it when we turn from our path to treat it; we refer to it by any clear utterance that distinctly turns the mind or attention to it; as, marginal figures refer to a parallel passage; we mention a thing by explicit word, as by naming it. The speaker adverted to the recent disturbances and the remissness of certain public officers; tho he mentioned no name, it was easy to see to whom he alluded. One may hint at a thing in a friendly way, but what is insinuated is always unfavorable, generally both hostile and cowardly. One may indicate his wishes, intimate his plans, imply his opinion, signify his will, suggest a course of action. Compare SUGGESTION.

   Synonyms:
   advert, allude, hint, imply, indicate, insinuate, intimate, mention, point, refer, signify

   Preposition:
   The passage evidently alludes to the Jewish Passover.

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1. suggest

   Synonyms:
   hint, insinuate, propose, allude to, recommend, intimate

   Antonyms:
   declare, propound, enunciate, insist, demand, dictate

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1. propose, suggest, adviseverb

   make a proposal, declare a plan for something

   "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"

   Synonyms:
   aim, send word, apprise, indicate, pop the question, intimate, counsel, propose, advise, rede, purport, declare oneself, paint a picture, project, hint, offer, evoke, apprize, notify, give notice, nominate, purpose

2. hint, suggestverb

   drop a hint; intimate by a hint

   Synonyms:
   propose, indicate, evoke, intimate, advise, paint a picture, hint

3. suggest, intimateverb

   imply as a possibility

   "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"

   Synonyms:
   propose, indicate, adumbrate, evoke, intimate, insinuate, advise, paint a picture, hint

4. indicate, suggestverb

   suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine

   "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

   Synonyms:
   propose, indicate, designate, show, hint, signal, point, argue, betoken, paint a picture, bespeak, advise, evoke, intimate

5. suggest, evoke, paint a pictureverb

   call to mind

   "this remark evoked sadness"

   Synonyms:
   conjure, extract, kindle, kick up, provoke, draw out, bring up, propose, advise, invoke, paint a picture, stir, put forward, call down, enkindle, hint, arouse, call forth, intimate, evoke, indicate, educe, elicit, raise, fire, conjure up

Matched Categories

1. • Convey
   • Express
   • Imply

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1. suggestverb

   Synonyms:
   hint, intimate, insinuate, move, propose, indicate, prompt, give an inkling of, refer to, glance at, allude to, put in mind of, remind of

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1. suggestverb

   Synonyms:
   allude to, hint, intimate, insinuate, propose, recommend

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1. List of paraphrases for "suggest":

   propose, indicate, suggests, show, believe, suggested, imply

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How to use suggest in a sentence?

1. Stanley Rosen:

   I would think that even if the statistics are not completely accurate, they do suggest that China is doing a reasonably good job of controlling further outbreaks.

2. H. R. Schaffer, O Magazine, May 2003:

   There is…nothing to suggest that mothering cannot be shared by several people.

3. Rodney Childers:

   I would suggest that it probably didn’t help. The car was plenty fast before that.

4. Ludovic Trinquart:

   We have not analyzed why there is a divide, we can only suggest or make assumptions after the fact.

5. Mutsumi Kagawa:

   The three main U.S. indexes turned positive on the year, which seems to suggest to me that markets are entering risk-on mode from risk-off.