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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1. Henri Frdric Amiel:

   To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.

2. E. M. Forster:

   I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further down our particular path than we have gone ourselves.

3. Rochelle Walensky:

   There is increasing data to suggest that schools can safely reopen and that safe reopening does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated in order to reopen safely, vaccination of teachers is not a prerequisite for the safe reopening of schools.

4. James Mitchell:

   (The CIA) had ongoing information to suggest that (terrorists) were trying to smuggle nuclear weapons into the U.S., there was all this anthrax stuff going on, there was credible evidence to suggest that there was another wave of attacks coming and we couldn't have it happen.

5. Governor Robert Bentley:

   To suggest the closure of the driver's license offices is a racial issue is simply not true, and to suggest otherwise should be considered an effort to promote a political agenda.