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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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "suggestive":

    evocative, thought-provoking

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#15208indicative
#28492suggestive
#34246apocalyptic
#36413declarative
#36576evocative
#95851revelatory
#192188significative

How to use suggestive in a sentence?

  1. Ziv Cohen:

    That, again, is circumstantial evidence, but it could point to something that's more suggestive of intimate partner violence.

  2. Leon Brown:

    Sometimes somebody was just misidentified and it wasn't necessarily because there was an intentional suggestive lineup, it's just error in the system that will exist anyway, that does not mean by the way that there wasn't misconduct, it just means that it's very difficult to prove misconduct that rises to the level of a civil rights violation.

  3. Ferric Fang:

    With fewer people presenting with symptoms suggestive of infection, there will be a reduced demand for testing and fewer tests performed. That is a good thing.

  4. Chris Stantis:

    The tombs with non-Egyptian burial customs were especially intriguing typically males buried with bronze weaponry in constructed tombs, without scarabs or other protective amulets like Egyptians would have been buried with, the most elite had equids of some sort (potentially donkeys) buried outside the tombs, often in pairs as though ready to pull a chariot. This is both a foreign characteristic of burial style, but also suggestive of someone [with] very high status.

  5. 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.


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