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

Examples of suggestion in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Zoom in: The American Society of Hospital Pharmacists recently published suggestions for management and conservation, which are helping guide UnityPoint. —Jason Clayworth, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024

Feel free to send any tips, suggestions, story ideas and data to Annika at [e-mail]. —Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024

Mustard reckons the album (named after a suggestion by his late friend Nipsey Hussle) took him five years to perfect — the equivalent of a lifetime in popular music, especially hip-hop. —Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2024

In March, Netanyahu hit out at U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer for his suggestion that elections should take place after the war on Gaza winds down. —David Brennan, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2024