Suggestion

Noun

 * 1)  Something suggested.
 * I have a small suggestion: try lifting the left side up a bit.
 * Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.
 * 1)  The act of suggestion.
 * Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
 * 1)  Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
 * He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.

Synonyms

 * proposal
 * See also Thesaurus:advice

Derived terms

 * autosuggestion
 * hypnotic suggestion
 * power of suggestion
 * suggestion box

Related terms

 * suggest
 * suggestive

Adjectives for Suggestion
taunting; detailed; sinful; compelling; hypnotic; sound; sensible; inexhaustible; merit-less; wild; plausible; pregnant; delicate; obvious; subtle; delusive; least; startling;

Verbs for Suggestion
acknowledge—; adopt—; afford—; combat —; conceive—; contribute—; convey—; dare —; enforce—; frame—; hazard—; launch offer—; propound—; put forth—; reject submit—; venture—; waive—; yield to —alludes to; —assumes; —counsels; — dies; —expedites; —facilitates; —hints; — misleads; —prescribes; —recommends; — speculates; —stimulates; —surmises; — theorizes.

Thesaurus
admonition, advice, advising, advocacy, allegory, allusion, arcane meaning, ascendancy, aspersion, assumption, authority, bare suggestion, breath, briefing, broad hint, cast, catchword, caution, caveat, characterization, charisma, charm, clout, clue, coloration, connotation, consequence, consultation, control, council, counsel, credit, cue, cue word, dash, denomination, denotation, designation, differentiation, direction, disclosure, dominance, domination, effect, eminence, enchantment, esteem, evidence, exhortation, expostulation, expression, favor, fingering, force, gentle hint, gesture, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, good feeling, guidance, half an idea, hazy idea, hint, hold, hortation, hot lead, idea, identification, implication, implied meaning, import, importance, impression, improper suggestion, imputation, incidental power, indecent proposal, index, indication, indicativeness, inference, influence, influentiality, infusion, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, instance, instruction, intimation, invitation, iota, ironic suggestion, key, key word, kick, lead, leadership, leverage, lick, look, magnetism, manifestation, mastery, meaning, mere notion, metaphorical sense, moment, monition, motion, naming, nod, notion, nuance, nudge, occult meaning, opinion, overtone, parley, pass, personal remark, personality, persuasion, picking out, plan, pointing, pointing out, pointing to, potency, power, predominance, preponderance, pressure, prestige, presumption, presupposition, proffer, prompt, prompting, proposal, proposition, purchase, recommendation, reflection, reign, reminder, remonstrance, repute, request, resolution, rule, sauce, say, scent, scintilla, seasoning, selection, sexual advance, shade, shadow, show, showing, sign, signal, signification, sip, slur, sly suggestion, smack, smattering, smell, sneaking suspicion, soupcon, spark, specification, spice, spoor, sprinkling, strain, suasion, subsense, subsidiary sense, subtle influence, sup, supposition, supremacy, suspicion, sway, symbolism, symptom, symptomaticness, taint, taste, telltale, tempering, thought, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tip-off, touch, trace, track, uncomplimentary remark, undercurrent, undermeaning, undertone, upper hand, urging, vague idea, vein, vestige, warning, weight, whiff, whip hand, whisper, whispering campaign, wind, wink

Etymology
From suggestioun:,  suggestion: (modern French suggestion:), from  suggestio:, from suggero:.

Translations

 * Arabic: اقتراح
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ehdotus
 * French: suggestion
 * German:


 * Korean: 제안
 * Persian: پیشنهاد
 * Portuguese: sugestão
 * Romanian: sugestionare


 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ehdottaminen


 * Portuguese: sugestão
 * Romanian: sugestionare, sugestie


 * Finnish: käsitys, mielikuva


 * Portuguese: sugestão


 * : propunere

Noun
suggestion



Noun

 * 1) ; proposal
 * 2)  psychology, etc.

Related terms

 * suggérer