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

Reddit threads abound with fertility playlist suggestions and Bareilles’ addition to the canon doesn’t go unnoticed. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Anthropic and OpenAI have said their advanced AI products need to be regulated, and company representatives at the hearing expressed openness to some of the Council's suggestions. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

About 50 employees signed off on an email to leadership expressing concerns and providing suggestions, such as evaluating clutter and removing items like pillows that are hotspots for the insects. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Rodriguez got to privately speak with Tong the day of the settlement’s announcement and was told advocates and parents like her would get a chance to give input and suggestions about how to allocate the funds. — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

The park service had already dismissed experts' suggestions to build the arch elsewhere. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

Chatbots work best, then, when learners consider which individual suggestions to use and why. — Antonio Perez-Nunez, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

There is little data on Levine’s and Campbell’s suggestions of widespread fraud involving college athlete agents and numerous NIL deals going unpaid. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026

More teams are going to have AI acting on infrastructure, not just making suggestions, and most organizations have no framework for what those agents will be allowed to do. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026