suggestive

sug·ges·tive

adjective \səg-ˈjes-tiv, sə-ˈjes-\

Definition of SUGGESTIVE

1

a : giving a suggestion : indicative <suggestive of a past era>

b : full of suggestions : stimulating thought <provided a suggestive…commentary on the era — Lloyd Morris>

c : stirring mental associations : evocative

2

: suggesting or tending to suggest something improper or indecent : risqué

— sug·ges·tive·ly adverb

— sug·ges·tive·ness noun

Examples of SUGGESTIVE

1. <making unwelcome suggestive remarks to a subordinate will be regarded as sexual harassment>
2. <a haunting and suggestive song about a long-lost love>

First Known Use of SUGGESTIVE

1631

Related to SUGGESTIVE

Synonyms

bawdy, blue, gamy (or gamey), lewd, off, off-color (or off-colored), racy, ribald, risqué, salty, spicy

Antonyms

unreminiscent

Related Words

leering; barnyard, coarse, coarse-grained, crude, earthy, foul, gross, vulgar; dirty, filthy, gutter, indecent, lascivious, locker-room, nasty, obscene, pornographic, porny, prurient, raunchy, smutty, stag, unprintable, unpublishable, warm, X-rated; immodest, indecorous, indelicate, naughty

Near Antonyms

clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene; innocuous, inoffensive; priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian; correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly

Rhymes with SUGGESTIVE

congestive, digestive, egestive, ingestive

sug·ges·tive

adjective \sə(g)-ˈjes-tiv\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of SUGGESTIVE

1

: serving to indicate <a butterfly-shaped red rash…is highly suggestive of the disease—S. E. Goldfinger et al>

2

: tending to act like or have the effect of suggestion