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Suggestion

noun
/səˈd͡ʒɛstjən/
Word Frequency: 17.1

Definitions

1.nounSomething suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
"I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit."
2.nounThe act of suggesting.
"Suggestion often works better than explicit demand."
3.nounSomething implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
"He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts."
4.nounThe act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.
5.nounInformation, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence

Synonyms

hintincitementproposalpropositionprofferpromptingtracemesmerismhypnotismsuggestingargumentimplication

Rhymes With

questioncongestionpop the questionout of the questioningestionrhetorical questiondigestionin question
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