'Suggestive' definitions:
Definition of 'suggestive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Tending to suggest or imply; "artifacts suggestive of an ancient society"; "an implicative statement" [syn: implicative, suggestive]
adjective
(usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear" [syn: indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive]
adjective
Tending to suggest something improper or indecent; "a suggestive nod"; "suggestive poses"
Definition of 'Suggestive'
From: GCIDE
- Suggestive \Sug*gest"ive\, a. Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation. -- {Sug*gest"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Sug*gest"ive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suggestive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- adducible,
- admissible,
- allegorical,
- allusive,
- allusory,
- associational,
- attestative,
- attestive,
- authentic,
- based on,
- bawdy,
- blue,
- broad,
- certain,
- circumstantial,
- conclusive,
- connotational,
- connotative,
- convincing,
- cumulative,
- damning,
- decisive,
- definable,
- demonstrative,
- denominative,
- denotational,
- denotative,
- designative,
- determinative,
- diagnostic,
- dirty,
- documentary,
- documented,
- earthy,
- emblematic,
- erotic,
- evidential,
- evidentiary,
- evocative,
- ex parte,
- exhibitive,
- expressive,
- extended,
- extensional,
- eye-witness,
- factual,
- figural,
- figurative,
- final,
- firsthand,
- founded on,
- full of meaning,
- full of point,
- full of substance,
- graphic,
- grounded on,
- hearsay,
- identifying,
- ideographic,
- idiosyncratic,
- imaginative,
- immodest,
- implicational,
- implicative,
- implicatory,
- implicit,
- improper,
- in retrospect,
- incontrovertible,
- indecent,
- indelicate,
- indicating,
- indicative,
- indicatory,
- indisputable,
- individual,
- inferential,
- insinuating,
- insinuative,
- insinuatory,
- intelligible,
- intensional,
- interpretable,
- ironic,
- irrefutable,
- irresistible,
- lewd,
- lusty,
- material,
- meaning,
- meaningful,
- meaty,
- memoried,
- metaphorical,
- mindful,
- mnemonic,
- naming,
- naughty,
- nuncupative,
- off color,
- off-color,
- offensive,
- overwhelming,
- pathognomonic,
- peculiar,
- pithy,
- pointed,
- pornographic,
- pregnant,
- presumptive,
- probative,
- provocative,
- prurient,
- purple,
- racy,
- raunchy,
- readable,
- redolent,
- referential,
- reliable,
- remindful,
- reminiscent,
- representative,
- retentive,
- retrospective,
- ribald,
- risky,
- risque,
- rude,
- salacious,
- salty,
- scabrous,
- semantic,
- semiotic,
- sententious,
- sexy,
- shady,
- signalizing,
- significant,
- significative,
- signifying,
- smutty,
- spicy,
- substantial,
- suggestive of,
- sure,
- symbolic,
- symbolistic,
- symbological,
- symptomatic,
- symptomatologic,
- telling,
- transferred,
- typical,
- unseemly,
- valid,
- vivid,
- vulgar,
- weighty,
- wicked