Antonyms for suggestion
səgˈdʒɛs tʃən, sə-sug·ges·tion

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1. suggestionnoun

   Something suggested.

   Synonyms:
   proposal

2. suggestionnoun

   The act of suggesting.

   Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.

   Synonyms:
   proposal

3. suggestionnoun

   Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.

   He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.

   Synonyms:
   proposal

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1. suggestion

   A suggestion (Latin sub, under, and gero, bring) brings something before the mind less directly than by formal or explicit statement, as by a partial statement, an incidental allusion, an illustration, a question, or the like. Suggestion is often used of an unobtrusive statement of one's views or wishes to another, leaving consideration and any consequent action entirely to his judgment, and is hence, in many cases, the most respectful way in which one can convey his views to a superior or a stranger. A suggestion may be given unintentionally, and even unconsciously, as when we say an author has "a suggestive style." An intimation is a suggestion in brief utterance, or sometimes by significant act, gesture, or token, of one's meaning or wishes; in the latter case it is often the act of a superior; as, God in his providence gives us intimations of his will. A hint is still more limited in expression, and is always covert, but frequently with good intent; as, to give one a hint of danger or of opportunity. Insinuation and innuendo are used in the bad sense; an insinuation is a covert or partly veiled injurious utterance, sometimes to the very person attacked; an innuendo is commonly secret as well as sly, as if pointing one out by a significant nod (Latin in, in, to, and nuo, nod).

   Synonyms:
   hint, implication, innuendo, insinuation, intimation

Matched Categories

1. • Higher Cognitive Process
   • Idea
   • Influence
   • Persuasion
   • Proposal

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suggestionnoun

   an idea that is suggested

   "the picnic was her suggestion"

   Synonyms:
   mesmerism, hint, prompting, hypnotism, proposition, trace, proffer

2. suggestion, proposition, proffernoun

   a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

   "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"

   Synonyms:
   proffer, trace, proposal, mesmerism, hint, hypnotism, prompting, proposition

3. trace, hint, suggestionnoun

   a just detectable amount

   "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"

   Synonyms:
   lead, jot, touch, steer, proposition, prompting, shadow, ghost, intimation, tincture, soupcon, clue, wind, speck, hint, trace, tip, pinch, vestige, proffer, mite, mesmerism, tinge, confidential information, breath, tracing, hypnotism

4. suggestion, promptingnoun

   persuasion formulated as a suggestion

   Synonyms:
   proffer, trace, prompt, mesmerism, hint, hypnotism, prompting, proposition

5. suggestionnoun

   the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association

   Synonyms:
   mesmerism, hint, prompting, hypnotism, proposition, trace, proffer

6. hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestionnoun

   the act of inducing hypnosis

   Synonyms:
   proffer, trace, mesmerism, prompting, hypnotism, hint, proposition

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1. suggestionnoun

   Synonyms:
   intimation, hint, allusion, proposal, instance, insinuation

How to use suggestion in a sentence?

1. Steve Beshear:

   Under( the governor's) view, a budget is merely a suggestion and the legislature is merely an advisory body, we strongly disagree.

2. Serge Hefez:

   These adolescents are undergoing a process of suggestion which is almost at the level of hypnosis.

3. President Hernandez:

   I reaffirm that it is false that I have received or accepted money from these criminals ... I reiterate my total rejection on behalf of the Honduran people of the suggestion that our country is a narco state.

4. Bill Clinton:

   Will said. Clinton's remarks came during an interview with NBC News in which the former president rejected the suggestion that the Clinton Foundation had violated rules by accepting foreign donations while his wife, Hillary Clinton, was secretary of state. There is no doubt in my mind that we have never done anything knowingly inappropriate in terms of taking money to influence any kind of American government policy.

5. Communications Salleh Said Keruak:

   It is an offence ... to upload any comment, request, suggestion or other communication which is obscene, indecent, false, menacing or offensive in character with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass another person.

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