suggestion
noun
sug·ges·tion səg-ˈjes-chən 
sə-ˈjes-,
-ˈjesh-
1
a
: the act or process of suggesting
b
: something suggested
2
a
: the process by which a physical or mental state is influenced by a thought or idea
the power of suggestion
b
: the process by which one thought leads to another especially through association of ideas
3
: a slight indication : trace
a suggestion of a smile
Synonyms
- clue
- cue
- hint
- indication
- inkling
- intimation
- lead
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Example Sentences
Do you have any suggestions? Please send comments and suggestions to our post office box. I have a suggestion: call the store and ask them about it. I'd like to offer a suggestion. I reject his suggestion that we shouldn't have helped them. trying to influence people's thoughts by using suggestion The director relies on the power of suggestion rather than explicitly showing the murder. See More
Recent Examples on the Web If historical trends in computing are any suggestion, odds are high that what now takes a beefy GPU will eventually be possible on a pocket smartphone. 
Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2022 Building out renewables is another favored suggestion. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 Then there was a simultaneous suggestion that higher powers are involved in addressing climate change. Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Pugh had already been an early suggestion for a best actress nomination, her first in a skyrocketing career. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022 Working multiple innings, like throwing strikes, isn’t a suggestion. Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Aug. 2022 There was a recent suggestion the WNBA should move its annual All-Star Game to Las Vegas to coincide with the NBA Summer League. Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022 After its own veterinarians did an assessment of Tonka after his rescue — which included blood work, an ultrasound, and an EKG — PETA says there was no suggestion that Tonka was suffering from congestive heart failure. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2022 Despite the lack of a sunroof (or a rear window), there isn't even a suggestion of claustrophobia. Michael Harley, Forbes, 25 July 2022 See More
Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2022 Building out renewables is another favored suggestion. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 Then there was a simultaneous suggestion that higher powers are involved in addressing climate change. Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Pugh had already been an early suggestion for a best actress nomination, her first in a skyrocketing career. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022 Working multiple innings, like throwing strikes, isn’t a suggestion. Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Aug. 2022 There was a recent suggestion the WNBA should move its annual All-Star Game to Las Vegas to coincide with the NBA Summer League. Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022 After its own veterinarians did an assessment of Tonka after his rescue — which included blood work, an ultrasound, and an EKG — PETA says there was no suggestion that Tonka was suffering from congestive heart failure. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2022 Despite the lack of a sunroof (or a rear window), there isn't even a suggestion of claustrophobia. Michael Harley, Forbes, 25 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Phrases Containing suggestion
Kids Definition
suggestion
noun
sug·ges·tion səg-ˈjes-chən
sə-ˈjes-
1
: a thought or plan that is offered or proposed
I have a suggestion. Let's get pizza.
2
: the act or process of putting a thought in someone's mind
At his suggestion we left.
3
: hint entry 1 sense 2
She wore just a suggestion of a smile.
Medical Definition
suggestion
noun
sug·ges·tion sə(g)-ˈjes-chən, -ˈjesh-
1
a
: the act or process of impressing something (as an idea, attitude, or desired action) upon the mind of another
suggestion in response to propaganda Psychological Abstracts
Psychological Abstracts b
: the process by which a physical or mental state is influenced by a thought or idea
the power of suggestion
2
: something impressed upon the mind by suggestion
the posthypnotic carrying out of suggestions held in the unconscious G. S. Blum
G. S. Blum Legal Definition
suggestion
noun
sug·ges·tion
1
a
: the act or process of suggesting
b
: something suggested
2
: an entry on the record of a fact or circumstance (as the death or insolvency of a party) material to a case and essential for the court in making its determination
reference to a party's death in a pleading was not the equivalent of a formal suggestion of death on the record Kissic v. Liberty Nat'l Life Ins. Co., 641 So. 2d 250 (1994)
Kissic v. Liberty Nat'l Life Ins. Co., 641 So. 2d 250 (1994)suggestion
noun
1
as in indication
a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation) if you don't want to give the suggestion that you're evading the truth, you must look your questioner in the eye Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- indication
- clue
- hint
- cue
- idea
- sign
- suspicion
- intimation
- inkling
- lead
- evidence
- mention
- implication
- glimpse
- tip
- inference
- hunch
- allusion
- insinuation
- notion
- assistance
- scent
- inspiration
- signal
- breath
- whiff
- prompt
- intuition
- key
- innuendo
- glimmer
- token
- wind
- pointer
- symptom
- nod
- flicker
- guidepost
- presentiment
- wink
- premonition
- feeling
- telltale
- denotation
- omen
- overtone
- tip-off
- presage
- harbinger
- augury
- mark
- prefigurement
- foretaste
- foreboding
- portent
- foreshadower
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- solution
- answer
2
as in proposal
something which is presented for consideration no one had any better suggestions, so as usual we spent the afternoon at the basketball court Synonyms & Similar Words
- proposal
- offer
- recommendation
- idea
- proposition
- plan
- proffer
- thought
- countersuggestion
- project
- motion
- presentation
- theory
- overture
- arrangement
- strategy
- nomination
- bid
- counterproposal
- submission
- notion
- counteroffer
- system
- advancement
- feeler
- tender
- layout
- conception
- game
- plot
- submittal
- ground plan
- line
3
as in hint
an almost imperceptible sign of something we took care to avoid so much as even a suggestion of impropriety Synonyms & Similar Words
- hint
- touch
- glimmer
- flicker
- evidence
- indication
- breath
- sign
- trace
- whiff
- tang
- scent
- intimation
- inkling
- wind
- mark
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- saturation
- pervasion
- permeation