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Another word for suggestion

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Noun

  1. Something that is put forward for consideration

      1. The act of proposing.
      2. A plan, action, etc. proposed
      3. (Law) The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.
      1. A matter to be dealt with; a task:
      2. (Logic) An informative statement whose truth or falsity can be evaluated by means of logic
      3. A plan suggested for acceptance; a proposal.
      1. The act of submitting something to another for decision, consideration, etc.
      2. The act or fact of submitting to the power of another:
      3. (Law) An agreement whereby parties to a dispute submit the matter to arbitration and agree to be bound by the decision
    See also:

    offer

  2. Something, such as a feeling, thought, or idea, associated in one's mind or imagination with a specific person or thing

      1. A mental connection or relation between thoughts, feelings, ideas, or sensations.
      2. An organization of persons having common interests, purposes, etc.; society; league
      3. A correlation or causal connection:
      1. A conveyance or scheduled run providing continuing service between means of transportation:
      2. A joining or being joined; coupling; union
      3. A relationship; association
      1. The act or process of connoting.
      2. (Logic) The properties possessed by all the objects in a term's extension; intension
      3. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
    See also:

    suggest

  3. A subtle pointing out

      1. Something that leads out of a perplexity; esp., a fact or object that helps to solve a problem or mystery
      1. A signal, such as a word or action, used to prompt another event in a performance, such as an actor's speech or entrance, a change in lighting, or a sound effect.
      2. An indirect suggestion; hint
      3. A hint or suggestion.
      1. A clue.
      2. A slight indication or intimation:
      3. A slight indication of a fact, wish, etc.; indirect suggestion or piece of advice; intimation; covert allusion
      1. A formal announcement or declaration
      2. The act of intimating
      3. A hint; indirect suggestion
    See also:

    knowledge

    suggest

  4. A slight amount or indication

      1. A momentary pause or rest:
      2. Spirit or vitality:
      3. The capacity to breathe, especially in a natural and unlabored manner:
      1. A short, fast run or race
      2. In Morse and similar codes, the long sound or signal used in combination with the dot and silent intervals to represent letters or numbers.
      3. A spirited quality in action or style; verve.
      1. (Folklore) A dead person's disembodied spirit, esp. when thought of as appearing to the living as a pale, shadowy apparition
      2. A faint, unwanted image, as:
      3. The spirit of a dead person, especially one that is believed to appear to the living in bodily form or to haunt specific locations.
      1. A growth of such filaments, as that forming the coat of an animal or covering the scalp of a human.
      2. Any of the fine, threadlike outgrowths from the skin of an animal or human being
      3. A precise or exact degree:
      1. A small, barely detectable amount of.
      2. A slight indication of a fact, wish, etc.; indirect suggestion or piece of advice; intimation; covert allusion
      3. A barely perceptible amount:
      1. The act of intimating
      2. A formal announcement or declaration
      3. A hint; indirect suggestion
      1. Likeness, similarity; the quality of being similar.
      2. A likeness, image, or representation
      3. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.
      1. Dark shadows gathering at dusk:
      2. Any of various devices used to reduce or screen light or heat:
      3. Degree of darkness of a color; gradation of a color with reference to its mixture with black
      1. A dark area or shape made by an object blocking rays of light.
      2. The darkness or diminished light caused by the blocking of a light source:
      3. An incipient growth of beard that makes the skin look darker.
      1. (Mineralogy) The color of the fine powder produced when a mineral is rubbed against a hard surface. Used as a distinguishing characteristic.
      2. A line or long, thin mark; stripe or smear, generally differing in color or texture from the surrounding area
      3. A line, mark, smear, or band differentiated by color or texture from its surroundings.
      1. The condition of being suspected, especially of wrongdoing:
      2. The state or feeling of having no confidence or certainty about something; distrust:
      3. The act or an instance of suspecting something on little or no evidence:
      1. An attitude or a style reflecting such ability or preferences on the part of a group of people of a particular time and place
      2. This sense in combination with the senses of smell and touch, which together receive a sensation of a substance in the mouth.
      3. The ability to notice, appreciate, and judge what is beautiful, appropriate, or harmonious, or what is excellent in art, music, decoration, clothing, etc.
      1. A slight coloring; tint
      2. A small amount of a color incorporated or added.
      3. A slight trace, flavor, odor, etc.; smack; touch
      1. A prospect for a loan or handout:
      2. An ability to propel a ball a desired distance; control or accuracy:
      3. A sensation experienced in touching something with a characteristic texture:
      1. Evidence or an indication of the former presence or existence of something; a vestige:
      2. An act of researching or ascertaining the origin or location of something:
      3. The visible line or spot that moves across the face of a cathode-ray tube
      1. A faint indication; hint; trace
      2. (Informal) A complete miss when attempting to hit something, as a golf ball, with a swinging motion
      3. A light puff or gust of air or wind; breath
      1. (Figuratively) A faint trace or hint (of something).
      2. (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room.
      3. Soft speech produced without using the full voice.
      1. Any of the long, bristly hairs growing on each side of the upper lip of a cat, rat, etc.; vibrissa
      2. One of the long stiff tactile bristles or hairs that grow near the mouth and elsewhere on the head of most mammals; a vibrissa.
      3. The hair on a man's cheeks and chin.
    See also:

    big

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Another word for suggestion

Noun

  1. A suggested detail

      1. A small, barely detectable amount of.
      2. A slight indication of a fact, wish, etc.; indirect suggestion or piece of advice; intimation; covert allusion
      3. A statement conveying information in an indirect fashion; a clue:
      1. An instance of indirect reference:
      2. An indirect reference; casual mention
      3. The act of alluding; indirect reference:
      1. The feeling or state of mind of a person who suspects
      2. The state or feeling of having no confidence or certainty about something; distrust:
      3. The act or an instance of suspecting something on little or no evidence:
      1. A formal announcement or declaration
      2. The act of intimating
      3. A hint; indirect suggestion
      1. Something implied, from which an inference may be drawn
      2. Something that is implied, especially:
      3. The act of implying or the condition of being implied.
      1. An indirect or subtle, usually derogatory implication in expression; an insinuation.
      2. (Law) Explanatory material, set forth in the complaint in an action for libel or slander, explaining the expressions alleged to be libelous or slanderous
      3. An indirect remark, gesture, or reference, usually implying something derogatory; insinuation
      1. Action or remark intended to win favor
      2. The act, process, or practice of insinuating.
      3. Something insinuated, especially an artfully indirect, often derogatory suggestion.
      1. The formal judgment of an expert on a matter in which advice is sought
      2. (Law) A court's formal, usually written statement explaining its reasons for its decision in a case.
      3. An evaluation, impression, or estimation of the quality or worth of a person or thing
      1. That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage.
      2. A plan, action, etc. proposed
      3. (Law) The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.
      1. Information communicated; news:
      2. Opinion given as to what to do or how to handle a situation; counsel
      3. Opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem; counsel.
      1. Advice; counsel
      2. Something that recommends, especially a favorable statement concerning character or qualifications.
      3. Anything that recommends or makes a favorable or pleasing impression; specif., a letter recommending a person or thing
      1. (Law) A court order requiring a party to refrain from doing a particular act or to do a particular act.
      2. That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
      3. A writ or order from a court prohibiting a person or group from carrying out a given action, or ordering a given action to be done
      1. A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time.
      2. Expense; cost:
      3. Supervision; management:
      1. Imparted knowledge:
      2. An authoritative direction to be obeyed; an order:
      3. The act, practice, or profession of instructing:
      1. The quality or condition of being submissive; resignation; obedience; meekness
      2. The act of submitting something to another for decision, consideration, etc.
      3. (Law) An agreement whereby parties to a dispute submit the matter to arbitration and agree to be bound by the decision
      1. A person who tends, or has charge of, something
      2. Something, especially money, offered in payment.
      3. An offer of money, services, etc. made to satisfy an obligation, avoid legal action, etc.
      1. (Finance) Writing that reminds of open payments.
      2. Someone or something that reminds.
      3. A person or thing that reminds; thing to help one remember something else
      1. An advance or overture made by one person to another.
      2. A path, road, or other means of reaching a person or place; access
      3. A way or means of reaching something; an access:
      1. Preparation, especially publicity, done prior to the appearance of a public figure or the staging of a public event.
      2. Opening approaches made to secure acquaintance, favor, or an agreement; overtures.
      3. Approaches to get favor, become acquainted, etc.; overtures (to someone)
      1. An attempt or try
      2. An offer to pay a certain amount of money for something:
      3. A chance to bid
      1. The gist or significance:
      2. A plan, purpose, or goal:
      3. A sense that something can happen; a notion or expectation:
      1. (Med.) The position of the fetus in the uterus at the time of delivery, with reference to the part presenting itself at the mouth of the uterus
      2. Anything known by sense perception rather than by description; percept
      3. The way in which a food is served; esp., the often artistic arrangement of food on a plate to make it especially appealing
      1. An offer of a private bargain, especially a request for sexual relations.
      2. The meaning expressed in such a statement, as opposed to the way it is expressed.
      3. (Informal) A proposed deal, as in business

  2. A suggested plan

      1. A systematic plan of action:
      2. A secret or devious plan; a plot:
      3. An orderly combination of things on a definite plan; system
      1. The gist or significance:
      2. A plan, purpose, or goal:
      3. A sense that something can happen; a notion or expectation:
      1. A line indicating the outer contours or boundaries of an object or figure:
      2. A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
      3. A sketch showing only the contours of an object without use of shading
      1. That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage.
      2. (Law) The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.
      3. A plan, action, etc. proposed
    See also:

    plan

  3. A very small quantity

      1. Something drawn or traced, as a mark, sketch, etc.
      2. An act of researching or ascertaining the origin or location of something:
      3. Evidence or an indication of the former presence or existence of something; a vestige:
      1. A prospect for a loan or handout:
      2. A sensation experienced in touching something with a characteristic texture:
      3. A suggestion, hint, or tinge:
      1. The sense of what is proper, seemly, or least likely to give offense in a given social situation:
      2. The sense that distinguishes the sweet, sour, salty, and bitter qualities of dissolved substances in contact with the taste buds on the tongue.
      3. This sense in combination with the senses of smell and touch, which together receive a sensation of a substance in the mouth.
    See also:

    bit

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Sentence Examples

  • Next suggestion, Mr. Investigator.

  • The boy smiled at the suggestion, but Shipton shook his head no.

  • Alex said nothing, his stoic features giving no suggestion of what was on his mind.

  • This is a suggestion which deserves to be well weighed.

  • My only directive to our group was a strong suggestion we act unanimously.

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