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

Alicia McCalla, 56, a fiction writer who has been doing voice work for five years out of her home in Atlanta, decided to ignore union suggestions and clone her voice. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Gates brushed aside the idea that his suggestions might draw pushback from the accelerationist voices in the tech industry. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026

These 10 honorees and those in the categories that accompany them were selected by the staff of Vanity Fair from hundreds of suggestions, following weeks of deliberation. — Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026

The Frenchman’s preparations for that game at Everton had already been undermined earlier in the week when there had been suggestions of discontent from Ismaila Sarr, last season’s top scorer and player of the year. — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

New users start with a short risk-tolerance quiz, which the platform uses to shape stock suggestions and automatically assemble a diversified portfolio. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026

Jarr indicated that the village had already gathered some resident suggestions from the first open house in 2025. — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

Despite suggestions that the park will be indoors, the latest concept art indicates that there will be outdoor attractions such as fireworks, reflecting other Disney parks. — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Now for today’s other tech news… Want to send thoughts or suggestions to Fortune Tech? — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026