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Suggest

🔄 Synonyms of "Suggest"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
intimateverb	Closely acquainted; familiar.
evokeverb	(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
indicateverb	(transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
adviseverb	(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
hintnoun	A clue.
proposeverb	(transitive) To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.
paint a pictureverb	call to mind or evoke

↔️ Antonyms of "Suggest"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
contraindicateverb	(medicine) To make inadvisable; to warn against a specific medicine or treatment.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Suggest"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
hintverb	(intransitive) To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
indicateverb	(transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
adviseverb	(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
evokeverb	(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
proposeverb	(transitive) To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.
intimateverb	(ambitransitive) To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly.
paint a pictureverb	call to mind or evoke
insinuateverb	To hint; to suggest tacitly (usually something bad) while avoiding a direct statement.
suggestive	Tending to suggest or imply.
implyverb	(transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.
suggestionnoun	(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
inferverb	(transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
surmiseverb	(intransitive) To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
hypothesizeverb	(ambitransitive) To assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.
presumeverb	(transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
supposeverb	(transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
pointverb	(intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
assumeverb	To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
meanverb	To intend.
understandverb	(transitive, intransitive, of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.