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

To vote on name suggestions during round two, there's a $5 minimum donation requirement. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Here are Wood’s suggestions for staying mentally sharp in any profession. — Renée Onque, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

The review also dismissed suggestions that the organization acted in response to the substance of the editorial, STAT’s Elizabeth Cooney reports. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 Sep. 2026

And out-of-towners likely appreciate the tips and suggestions from someone in the know. — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

There have also been suggestions of moving CAISI to a different department or within the White House itself, the source said. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Shore excursions leave on time, dining reservations are staggered throughout the evening, and all-aboard times aren’t suggestions. — Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2026

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