Synonyms and Antonyms of suggestion

(noun)
hint, implication, innuendo, insinuation, intimation
A suggestion (L. sub, under, and gero, bring) brings something before the mind less directly than by formal or explicit statement, as by a partial sta more.. (noun)
(noun.communication)
proffer, proposition
a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection (noun.communication)
(noun.quantity)
hint, trace
a just detectable amount (noun.quantity)
(noun.communication)
prompting
persuasion formulated as a suggestion (noun.communication)
(noun.act)
hypnotism, mesmerism
the act of inducing hypnosis (noun.act)

a just detectable amount (noun.quantity)

small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude (noun.quantity)
a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection (noun.communication)

proposal
something proposed (such as a plan or assumption) (noun.communication)
an idea that is suggested (noun.cognition)

idea, thought
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about (noun.cognition)
persuasion formulated as a suggestion (noun.communication)

persuasion, suasion
the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action (noun.communication)
the act of inducing hypnosis (noun.act)

influence
causing something without any direct or apparent effort (noun.act)
the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association (noun.cognition)

higher cognitive process
cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use (noun.cognition)

a just detectable amount (noun.quantity)

spark
a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger (noun.quantity)
a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection (noun.communication)

breath, hint, intimation
an indirect suggestion (noun.communication)
(noun.communication)
ghost, touch, trace
a suggestion of some quality (noun.communication)
(noun.communication)
advance, approach, feeler, overture
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others (noun.communication)
an idea that is suggested (noun.cognition)

glimmer, glimmering, inkling, intimation
a slight suggestion or vague understanding (noun.cognition)
(noun.cognition)
posthypnotic suggestion
a suggestion that is made to a person who is hypnotized that specifies an action he will perform (usually in response to a cue) after he has awakened (noun.cognition)

a just detectable amount (noun.quantity)

trace
discover traces of (verb.perception)
a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection (noun.communication)

project, propose
present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc. (verb.cognition)
(verb.communication)
advise, propose, suggest
make a proposal, declare a plan for something (verb.communication)
(verb.communication)
hint, suggest
drop a hint; intimate by a hint (verb.communication)
(verb.possession)
offer, proffer
present for acceptance or rejection (verb.possession)
persuasion formulated as a suggestion (noun.communication)

inspire, instigate, prompt
serve as the inciting cause of (verb.communication)
(verb.communication)
intimate, suggest
imply as a possibility (verb.communication)
the act of inducing hypnosis (noun.act)

hypnotiser, hypnotist, hypnotizer, mesmerist, mesmerizer
a person who induces hypnosis (noun.person)
(adj.all)
hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding
attracting and holding interest as if by a spell (adj.all)
the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association (noun.cognition)

evoke, paint a picture, suggest
call to mind (verb.stative)

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