Synonyms of suggestions

suggestions

noun

plural of suggestion

1

as in indications

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

• indications
• clues
• cues
• hints
• ideas
• signs
• intimations
• suspicions
• inklings
• leads
• tips
• glimpses
• implications
• notions
• feelings
• inferences
• mentions
• scents
• evidences
• inspirations
• allusions
• pointers
• insinuations
• hunches
• signals
• breaths
• intuitions
• winds
• symptoms
• innuendos
• whiffs
• prompts
• keys
• glimmers
• guideposts
• tokens
• assistances
• flickers
• premonitions
• overtones
• presentiments
• telltales
• nods
• denotations
• omens
• winks
• forebodings
• tip-offs
• harbingers
• portents
• auguries
• prefigurements
• marks
• foretastes
• presages
• foreshadowers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• solutions
• answers

2

as in proposals

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

• proposals
• recommendations
• offers
• ideas
• propositions
• plans
• proffers
• strategies
• thoughts
• projects
• nominations
• motions
• bids
• presentations
• overtures
• countersuggestions
• arrangements
• theories
• submissions
• counterproposals
• systems
• notions
• counteroffers
• tender
• feelers
• advancements
• games
• conceptions
• plots
• layouts
• submittals
• lines
• ground plans

3

as in hints

an almost imperceptible sign of something

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hints
• touches
• glimmers
• flickers
• traces
• signs
• breaths
• indications
• whiffs
• intimations
• scents
• tangs
• evidences
• winds
• inklings
• marks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saturations
• permeations
• pervasions

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of suggestions

According to Hollywood insider Rob Shuter, however, Jennifer Aniston’s friends are pushing back against suggestions that her Curtis is using her fame to sell his new book. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Sep. 2026

There have been multiple proposals and suggestions in response to the high fuel prices during spring and summer 2026 to suspend federal and state diesel and gas taxes. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Democrats point to those previous suggestions for a payout to raise skepticism about the $5,000 pledge. — Mike Catalini, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Community members responded with venue suggestions and connections, including assistance from Kansas City Councilman Crispin Rea. — Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

The minimal information on my sample contacts somewhat limited my ability to test this feature, but Breeze Assistant still impressed me with excellent suggestions for nurturing leads. — Dianna Gunn, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026

But with more than 1,800 suggestions from people around the country, they're set to get their monikers by early next month. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

Zidar and Zwick have some suggestions for how to change this. — John Lanchester, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Many suggestions have circulated about who could be the next 007 agent in the James Bond film franchise, and Pierce Brosnan has a new take on where the studio could go. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026