'Suggest' definitions:
Definition of 'suggest'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" [syn: propose, suggest, advise]
verb
Drop a hint; intimate by a hint [syn: hint, suggest]
verb
Imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" [syn: suggest, intimate]
verb
Suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" [syn: indicate, suggest] [ant: contraindicate]
verb
Call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness" [syn: suggest, evoke, paint a picture]
Definition of 'Suggest'
From: GCIDE
- Suggest \Sug*gest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suggested; p. pr. & vb. n. Suggesting.] [L. suggestus, p. p. of suggerere to put under, furnish, suggest; sub under + gerere to carry, to bring. See Jest.]
- 1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. [1913 Webster]
- Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To inform secretly. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To hint; allude to; refer to; insinuate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Suggest'
From: GCIDE
- Suggest \Sug*gest"\, v. i. To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suggest'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adumbrate,
- advance,
- advert,
- advise,
- advocate,
- allegorize,
- allude,
- allude to,
- ape,
- appear like,
- approach,
- approve,
- approximate,
- argue,
- assume,
- attest,
- be construed as,
- be indicative of,
- be like,
- be redolent of,
- be significant of,
- be symptomatic of,
- bear resemblance,
- bespeak,
- betoken,
- bid fair,
- breathe,
- brief,
- bring before,
- bring forward,
- bring to mind,
- bring to recollection,
- bring up,
- broach,
- call to mind,
- call up,
- carry back,
- characterize,
- coach,
- come close,
- come near,
- commend to attention,
- compare with,
- confer,
- conjecture,
- connote,
- consult with,
- copy,
- correspond,
- counsel,
- counterfeit,
- demonstrate,
- denominate,
- denote,
- differentiate,
- direct,
- disclose,
- display,
- drop a hint,
- entail,
- evidence,
- evince,
- evoke,
- exhibit,
- express,
- favor,
- follow,
- furnish evidence,
- give a hint,
- give evidence,
- give indication of,
- give prospect of,
- give the cue,
- give token,
- glance at,
- go to show,
- guide,
- highlight,
- hint,
- hint at,
- hold out hope,
- hold the promptbook,
- identify,
- illustrate,
- imagine,
- imitate,
- implicate,
- imply,
- import,
- indicate,
- infer,
- insinuate,
- instruct,
- intimate,
- introduce,
- involve,
- jog the memory,
- kibitz,
- launch,
- lay before,
- look like,
- make a motion,
- make fair promise,
- make likely,
- manifest,
- mark,
- match,
- mean,
- mean to say,
- meddle,
- mention,
- mimic,
- mirror,
- moot,
- move,
- nag,
- near,
- nearly reproduce,
- not tell apart,
- note,
- nudge,
- offer,
- offer a resolution,
- open up,
- outline,
- parallel,
- partake of,
- point,
- point indirectly to,
- point to,
- pose,
- postulate,
- prefer,
- prescribe,
- present,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- proffer,
- promise,
- prompt,
- prompt the mind,
- propose,
- proposition,
- propound,
- put,
- put forth,
- put forward,
- put in mind,
- put in remembrance,
- put it to,
- raise expectation,
- recall,
- recommend,
- refer,
- refer to,
- remember,
- remind,
- remind one of,
- resemble,
- reveal,
- savor of,
- seem like,
- set before,
- set forth,
- set forward,
- shadow forth,
- show,
- show signs of,
- signalize,
- signify,
- simulate,
- sketch,
- smack of,
- sound like,
- speak for itself,
- speak volumes,
- spell,
- stack up with,
- stand fair to,
- stand for,
- start,
- submit,
- support,
- suppose,
- symbolize,
- symptomatize,
- symptomize,
- take after,
- take for granted,
- tell,
- tend to show,
- testify,
- theorize,
- typify,
- urge