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Synonyms & Antonyms of suggestive
1
hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent
- making unwelcome suggestive remarks to a subordinate will be regarded as sexual harassment
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- priggish,
- prim,
- prudish,
- puritanical,
- staid,
- straitlaced
- (or straightlaced),
- Victorian
2
provoking a memory or mental association
- a haunting and suggestive song about a long-lost love
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Antonyms for suggestive
- unreminiscent
3
clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood)
- the dog's aggressive behavior is suggestive of some past mistreatment
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Antonyms for suggestive
- unexpressive
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The first known use of suggestive was in 1631
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