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

This technique puts key moments in a permanent present tense of suggestion, implication, and ambiguity. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026

Not all of Zitron’s jabs may have landed with the audience, particularly his suggestion that large language models can’t yield reliable returns on those expenses. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026

No; there were many charming suggestions, and yet the question is still open. — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

Both his suggestion and the jolly appreciation seem out of tune with the situation ‘far from home’, which may be a military manoeuvre involving mock battles and bayonet practice, or a preparation for actual combat. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026