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Definitions for Suggest
[1] to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.
[2] to propose (a person or thing) as suitable or possible for some purpose: We suggested him for president.
[3] (of things) to prompt the consideration, making, doing, etc., of: The glove suggests that she was at the scene of the crime.
[4] to bring before a person's mind indirectly or without plain expression: I didn't tell him to leave, I only suggested it.
[5] to call (something) up in the mind through association or natural connection of ideas: The music suggests a still night.
[6] to put forward (a plan, idea, etc) for consideration I suggest Smith for the post ; a plan suggested itself
[7] to evoke (a person, thing, etc) in the mind of someone by the association of ideas that painting suggests home to me
[8] to give an indirect or vague hint of his face always suggests his peace of mind
Words related to Suggest
offer, propose, advocate, submit, recommend, put, advise, represent, point, hint, indicate, promise, refer, plug, advance, conjecture, pose, theorize, tip, move
Words nearby Suggest
sugarloaf mountain, sugarplum, sugars, sugary, suger, suggest, suggestibility, suggestible, suggestion, suggestive, suggillation
Origin of Suggest
1520–30; < Latin suggestus (past participle of suggerere to build up, supply, hint, suggest), equivalent to sug- sug- + ges- (past participle stem of gerere to carry, do, display) + -tus past participle suffix
Other words from Suggest
sug·gest·ed·ness , noun
sug·gest·er , noun
sug·gest·ing·ly , adverb
pre·sug·gest , verb (used with object)
un·sug·gest·ed , adjective
un·sug·gest·ing , adjective
Word origin for Suggest
C16: from Latin suggerere to bring up, from sub- + gerere to bring
Synonyms for Suggest
advise, advocate, offer, propose, put, recommend, submit, advance, broach, commend, conjecture, exhort, move, plug, pose, prefer, proposition, propound, steer, theorize, tip, tout, give a tip, propone, put forward, put in two cents, put on to something, tip off