Synonyms for suggestion
Most common
hint advice proposal insinuation proposition proffer trace hypnotism
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Hint — something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
hint, advice, proposal, insinuation, implication, suspicion, clue, indication, allusion, cue, innuendo, intimation, whisper, incitement
2. Proposition
Definitions
- n. 1
Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.
- n. 2
The act of suggesting.
Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
- n. 3
Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.
- n. 4
The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.
Related words
- Word family
- suggest suggestive
- Phrases
- power of suggestion
Forms
- Plural
- suggestions → hints, advices, proposals, insinuations…
Choose the right word
A suggestion is a putting of something before the mind for consideration, an indirect or guarded mode of presenting argument or advice. A suggestion is ordinarily intended to furnish us with some practical assistance or direction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- advice He will not change his mind in spite of my advice.
- proposal A discussion of the proposal seems to be in order.
- hint Tom gets angry at the slightest hint of criticism.
- insinuation His voice squeaked when he retorted her insinuation.
- instance For instance, "delight" is the opposite of "sorrow."
- consent How dare you marry my daughter without my consent?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| suggestion | falling | |
| advice | steady | |
| proposal | falling | |
| hint | rising | |
| insinuation | rising | |
| instance | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- cue1
- 4 letters
- clue1, hint1, tint1
- 5 letters
- ghost1, trace1
- 6 letters
- advice2, motion2
- 7 letters
- consent2, counsel2, whisper2, proffer2
- 8 letters
- instance2, proposal3, allusion3, innuendo4
- 9 letters
- suspicion3, prompting2, hypnotism4, mesmerism4, underhint
- 10 letters
- indication4, incitement3, intimation4
- 11 letters
- proposition4, implication4, insinuation5
- 14 letters
- recommendation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (advice2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- suggestion
- Italiano
- suggerimento
- Español
- sugerencia
- Deutsch
- Anregung