Synonyms of suggestion

suggestion

noun

səg-ˈjes-chən 

1

as in indication

a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)

if you don't want to give the suggestion that you're evading the truth, you must look your questioner in the eye

Synonyms & Similar Words

• indication
• clue
• cue
• hint
• idea
• sign
• intimation
• suspicion
• inkling
• lead
• evidence
• mention
• implication
• glimpse
• tip
• inference
• hunch
• allusion
• scent
• notion
• insinuation
• breath
• assistance
• signal
• inspiration
• whiff
• glimmer
• intuition
• key
• prompt
• wind
• innuendo
• token
• flicker
• pointer
• symptom
• nod
• guidepost
• feeling
• presentiment
• wink
• premonition
• denotation
• omen
• overtone
• tip-off
• telltale
• harbinger
• presage
• mark
• augury
• foretaste
• foreboding
• portent
• prefigurement
• foreshadower

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• solution
• answer

2

as in proposal

something which is presented for consideration

no one had any better suggestions, so as usual we spent the afternoon at the basketball court

Synonyms & Similar Words

• proposal
• offer
• recommendation
• idea
• proposition
• plan
• proffer
• motion
• countersuggestion
• project
• thought
• presentation
• nomination
• arrangement
• bid
• theory
• strategy
• counterproposal
• submission
• system
• counteroffer
• overture
• notion
• advancement
• tender
• feeler
• layout
• conception
• game
• plot
• submittal
• ground plan
• line

3

as in hint

an almost imperceptible sign of something

we took care to avoid so much as even a suggestion of impropriety

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hint
• touch
• glimmer
• flicker
• breath
• trace
• sign
• evidence
• whiff
• indication
• tang
• scent
• wind
• intimation
• inkling
• mark

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saturation
• permeation
• pervasion

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of suggestion

The Frenchman’s preparations for that game at Everton had already been undermined earlier in the week when there had been suggestions of discontent from Ismaila Sarr, last season’s top scorer and player of the year. — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

The Register reported that Google Search had indexed the document and offered information from it as a search suggestion. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Prevention of fraud, deception and public accountability are reasons given for this suggestion. — Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

Despite suggestions that the park will be indoors, the latest concept art indicates that there will be outdoor attractions such as fireworks, reflecting other Disney parks. — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026