Synonyms 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

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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

Matched Categories

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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suggestionnoun

   Synonyms:
   hint, intimation, insinuation, allusion

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1. suggestionnoun

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "suggestion":

   proposal, tip, hint, suggestions, recommendation, suggested, insinuation, idea, screentip, motion, proposed, recommendations, proposition

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How to use suggestion in a sentence?

1. Togar Sitanggang:

   The president's suggestion of doubling Indonesian palm growers' productivity is easier said than done, the problem with productivity has been there for years.

2. Matt Damon:

   People get so emotional that even when you make a suggestion about not selling AK-47s to people on terror watch lists, that’s a non-starter.

3. Buckingham Palace:

   CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP The court papers also include a photograph that has been in circulation since 2015 showing Andrew with his arm around Giuffres bare waist in London in 2001. Giuffre said she was 17 at the time the photo was taken. Photo from 2001 that was included in court files released last week shows Prince Andrew with his arm around the waist of 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre who says Jeffrey Epstein paid her to have sex with the prince. Andrew has denied the charges. In the background is Epstein's girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. (U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals) Buckingham Palace has previously denied allegationsthe prince had sex with Giuffre, and told The Sun that Andrew was not a party to the U.S. proceedings in which his name had appeared and denied any illegality had occurred. Any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors is categorically untrue.

4. Naree Ketudat:

   The public needs to have trust in their representatives, and our current financial disclosure system is primed for partisan exploitation. Instead of attempting to work within a system we know is broken, let’s put in place simpler requirements that eliminate even the suggestion of impropriety.

5. Melina Jampolis:

   I was disappointed to see the school's rejections of alternative options, such as offering more white milk than sweetened to make white milk appear to be the more normal choice, due to the potential for slightly increased labor in restocking sweetened (chocolate) milk more frequently, i hope that research continues in this area and I agree with the authors' suggestion that both school and federal policies and guidelines may need to change in order to have a significant effect.