| VERB | communication | suggest, propose, advise | make a proposal, declare a plan for something |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | suggest, hint | drop a hint | |
| communication | suggest, intimate | imply as a possibility | |
| communication | suggest, evoke, paint a picture | call to mind |
| Sounds | sahgjheh'st | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abreast ... zest: 76 rhymes with ehst... | |
| Meaning | make a proposal, declare a plan for something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They suggest him to write the letter; They suggest to move | |
| Synonyms | propose, advise | |
| Narrower | advance, throw out | bring forward for consideration or acceptance |
| feed back | respond to a query or outcome | |
| move, make a motion | Propose formally | |
| proposition | Suggest sex to | |
| recommend, urge, advocate | Push for something | |
| submit, state, put forward, posit | put before | |
| Broader | declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
| Spanish | advertir, proponer, sugerir | |
| Catalan | advertir, proposar, suggerir | |
| Adjectives | suggestible | susceptible or responsive to suggestion |
| Nouns | suggester | someone who advances a suggestion or proposal |
| suggestion | a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection | |
| suggestion | persuasion formulated as a suggestion | |
| Meaning | Drop a hint; intimate by a hint. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | They suggest that there was a traffic accident | |
| Synonym | hint | |
| Narrower | allude, touch, advert | make a more or less disguised reference to |
| clue in | Provide someone with a clue | |
| intimate, adumbrate, insinuate | Give to understand | |
| Broader | convey | make known |
| Spanish | insinuar, sugerir | |
| Catalan | donar a entendre, insinuar, suggerir | |
| Adjectives | suggestible | susceptible or responsive to suggestion |
| Nouns | suggester | someone who advances a suggestion or proposal |
| suggestion | a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection | |
| Meaning | Imply as a possibility. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" | |
| Synonym | intimate | |
| Narrower | make out | Imply or suggest |
| Broader | imply | Suggest as a logically necessary consequence |
| Spanish | insinuar, sugerir | |
| Catalan | insinuar, suggerir | |
| Adjectives | suggestible | susceptible or responsive to suggestion |
| suggestive | tending to suggest or imply | |
| suggestive | (usually followed by 'of') pointing out or revealing clearly / clearly | |
| Nouns | suggestion | persuasion formulated as a suggestion |
| Meaning | Call to mind. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | evoke, paint a picture | |
| Narrower | incriminate, imply, inculpate | Suggest that someone is guilty |
| smack, reek, smell | Have an element suggestive (of something) | |
| Broader | express, show, evince | Give expression / expression to |
| Spanish | evocar, sugerir | |
| Catalan | evocar, suggerir | |
| Nouns | suggestion | the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association |
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