Suggest synonyms and antonyms
səg-jĕst', sə-jĕst'
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To have as a necessary part, condition, or effect; contain, include, or involve naturally or necessarily
To advise; counsel; suggest
To offer as advice; recommend
To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.
hint (related)
To give a hint of; suggest indirectly; intimate
To show the need for; call for; make necessary
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(Intransitive) To require as a logical predicate to consequence.
suggest (related)
The definition of an example of suggest is to propose something or offer up a potential option for consideration.
explain (related)
(Intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion.
To conclude from evidence or by reasoning:
To express or otherwise convey (a thought, for example) in an indirect or insidious way.
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pointing-out (related)
To make evident indirectly:
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
tell (antonym)
(Intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
demand (antonym)
To ask for urgently or peremptorily:
declare (antonym)
To say positively or emphatically
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To present or constitute:
(Idiomatic) To change the time in a time zone to a later time.
show (related)
Show is defined as to bring into view, teach, or display.
To draw forth or elicit (a particular mental image, reaction, etc.)
argue (related)
point out (related)
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assume (related)
believe (related)
contend (related)
envisage (related)
emphasise (related)
hypothesise (related)
reveal (related)
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Or (intransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
point to
To lead to by logical inference
conclude (related)
anticipate (related)
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To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.
To put forward for consideration; propose
order (antonym)
To request to be supplied with:
To lend
paint-a-picture
call to mind
contraindicate (antonym)
(Medicine) To make inadvisable; to warn against a specific medicine or treatment.
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To have a particular taste or smell:
To perceive or detect (something) by a chemosensory organ, such as an antenna.
Synonym Study
- Insinuate implies the subtle hinting of something disagreeable or of that which one lacks the courage to say outright are you insinuating that I am dishonest?
- Intimate suggests a making known obliquely by a very slight hint she only dared to intimate her feelings
- Hint connotes faint or indirect suggestion that is, however, intended to be understood he hinted that he would come
- Imply stresses a putting into the mind of something inherent in a word, remark, action, or situation, but not openly expressed, and suggests the need for inference the answer implied a refusal, her novels imply a belief that good triumphs over evil
- Suggest implies a putting of something into the mind either intentionally, as by way of a proposal I suggest you leave now, or unintentionally, as through association of ideas the smell of ether suggests a hospital
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