Synonyms for suggestive
səgˈdʒɛs tɪv, sə-sug·ges·tive

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1. implicative, suggestiveadjective

   tending to suggest or imply

   "artifacts suggestive of an ancient society"; "an implicative statement"

   Synonyms:
   implicative, indicatory, indicative, significative, revelatory

   Antonyms:
   denotative, concealing, denotive, decent

2. indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestiveadjective

   (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly

   "actions indicative of fear"

   Synonyms:
   apocalyptical, apocalyptic, indicatory, revelatory, indicative, significative, declarative, implicative

   Antonyms:
   decent, denotive, denotative, concealing

3. suggestiveadjective

   tending to suggest something improper or indecent

   "a suggestive nod"; "suggestive poses"

   Synonyms:
   implicative, indicatory, indicative, significative, revelatory

   Antonyms:
   decent, denotive, concealing, denotative

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1. List of paraphrases for "suggestive":

   evocative, thought-provoking

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1. Linda Cope:

   People were urinating off the balconies, throwing up in the elevators, making suggestive and sexual comments about veterans with their service dogs and derogatory and suggestive comments about their wives.

2. Adam Schiff:

   At this point, we still can't corroborate the theory that terrorism brought it down or there was some structural problem with the plane, certainly, the backdrop is suggestive of terrorism in the sense that we have the Russian plane in Sharm el-Sheikh and we have the aspiration we've seen time and time again, not only of ISIL( Islamic State) now but of AQAP( al Qaeda), still very potent and still very determined to bring down aircraft.

3. William James:

   An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.

4. Robert Fromm:

   This patient's symptoms and presentation aren't strongly suggestive of the Ebola disease, given his presentation, I would not be surprised if he actually was discharged back home following his additional evaluation.

5. Aaron Levenstein:

   Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.