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Synonyms & Antonyms of suggestion
1
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
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- clue,
- cue,
- hint,
- indication,
- inkling,
- intimation,
- lead
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2
something which is presented for consideration
- no one had any better suggestions, so as usual we spent the afternoon at the basketball court
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3
an almost imperceptible sign of something
- we took care to avoid so much as even a suggestion of impropriety
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“Suggestion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suggestion. Accessed 23 Oct. 2021.
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