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

Smart Schedule learns your preferred temperatures, responds to your preferences over time, and can provide suggestions—rather than automatic updates—based on your usage patterns. —Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025

Have a suggestion for a future story? —Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025

According to reports, there's no suggestion that the officer complied with Andrew’s request. —Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025

This region was chosen because there have been suggestions of phosphine there, and temperatures and pressures in this altitude range are similar to those on Earth. —Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025