suggested
Put forward tentatively
Suggested is the past tense of suggest, meaning to propose or put forward for consideration.
A suggested donation or suggested retail price is a recommendation, not a requirement.
Something suggested may be implied rather than stated directly: Her tone suggested disapproval.
The word often softens what might otherwise sound like a command: The doctor suggested I cut back on salt.
Suggested without stating
- intimatedSuggested indirectly
- insinuatedIndirectly suggested something
- indicatedShowed or suggested
- connotedSuggested beyond literal meaning
inferred · implicit · tacit · unspoken · unstated · veiled · understood · assumed
Offered for acceptance
- advisedGave guidance to
- recommendedEndorsed as worthwhile
- endorsedOfficially approved or supported
- advocatedPublicly recommended or supported
urged · encouraged · counseled · prompted · offered · submitted · forwarded · advanced
Solving aid
- hintIndirect suggestion
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
- indicationSign of what's coming
- pointerReference to memory location
cue · tip-off · lead · signal · trace · glimpse · whisper · suspicion
Firmly believing something
- arguedDisputed verbally
- reasonedDerived through careful thought
- urgedStrongly encouraged action
- pressedPushed or smoothed flat
lobbied · coaxed · cajoled · swayed · influenced · prodded · nudged · entreated
Mental formation
- conceptAbstract mental construct
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
notion · initiative · option · alternative · possibility · approach · course · solution
hinted
Suggested without stating
- intimatedSuggested indirectly
- insinuatedIndirectly suggested something
- indicatedShowed or suggested
connoted · inferred · implicit · tacit · unspoken · unstated · veiled · understood · assumed · indirect
proposed
Offered for acceptance
- advisedGave guidance to
- recommendedEndorsed as worthwhile
- endorsedOfficially approved or supported
advocated · urged · encouraged · counseled · prompted · offered · submitted · forwarded · advanced · tendered
clue
Solving aid
- hintIndirect suggestion
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
- indicationSign of what's coming
pointer · cue · tip-off · lead · signal · trace · glimpse · whisper · suspicion · whiff
convinced
Firmly believing something
pressed · lobbied · coaxed · cajoled · swayed · influenced · prodded · nudged · entreated · implored
idea
Mental formation
- conceptAbstract mental construct
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
scheme · notion · initiative · option · alternative · possibility · approach · course · solution · strategy
- speech verbssaid, says, asked, answered, replied
- recommendationsadvised, recommendation engine, Netflix, Spotify, Amazon
- Instagramselfie, feed, followers, hashtag, hashtags
- unexpressedunspoken, unstated, unuttered, suppressed, implicit
- obligationmandatory, obligatory, required, compulsory, optional
- playlistsplaylist, curated playlist, collaborative playlist, shared playlist, tracklist
suggestedstated
Expressed in words
declared · asserted · specified · articulated · spelled out
suggestedprohibited
Officially not permitted
forbidden · banned · illegal · wrongful · disallowed
- suggestion boxContainer for anonymous recommendations
- serving suggestionsRecommended ways to plate
- suggestion boxesContainers for submitted ideas
- hypnotic suggestionCommand given under trance
- suggestive contentImplicitly adult material
- suggested tipProposed amount for service
suggest, suggestion, suggests, suggesting, suggestive, suggestions, suggestible, suggestibility