Synonyms for suggest
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : suhg-jest, suh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : səgˈdʒɛst, sə- |
Top 10 synonyms for suggest Other synonyms for the word suggest
- adumbrate
- advance
- advert
- allude
- be a sign of
- broach
- commend
- conjecture
- connote
- cross the mind
- denote
- evoke
- exhort
- give a tip
- infer
- insinuate
- intimate
- lead to believe
- move
- occur
- plug
- point in direction of
- pose
- prefer
- propone
- proposition
- propound
- put forward
- put in mind of
- put in two cents
- put on to something
- refer
- represent
- shadow
- signify
- steer
- submit
- symbolize
- theorize
- tip
- tip off
- tout
- typify
Définition of suggest
Origin :- 1520s, from Latin suggestus, past participle of suggerere (see suggestion). Related: Suggested; suggesting.
- verb convey advice, plan, desire
- verb imply; bring to mind
- It was the fact that there was nowhere a touch to suggest preparation for her home-coming.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- How wise his mother had been to suggest that he should go out for a walk.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- "Then give them their bridles, and let them range the woods," Heyward ventured to suggest.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The weak spot in his argument was his inability to suggest a reasonable motive.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- That's the only incentive you can suggest for spying, unconnected with my affairs?
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- I'd suggest, at a hazard guess, some place in the interior of Pennsylvania.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Somehow the fellow did suggest Kirkwood's caller of the afternoon.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Arthur was quite unprepared for them, and quite unable to suggest an explanation of them.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- But a dangerous precedent,' said Mr Pecksniff, 'permit me to suggest.'
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- It was only with hesitation that Fonsegue himself had ventured to suggest Dauvergne.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
Antonyms for suggest
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