suggesting
Putting an idea forward
Suggesting is proposing an idea or possibility without insisting on it: I'm not suggesting we cancel, just postpone.
It also means hinting at or evoking something indirectly: His tone was suggesting otherwise, music suggesting a distant storm.
To be suggesting something is to imply it without stating it outright.
Slight shade of difference
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
- innuendoOblique disparaging remark
- allusionIndirect reference to something
insinuation · understatement · undertone · overtone · subtlety · indirectness · delicacy · tact
Indirect suggestion
- implyIndicate without stating
- insinuateSuggest without directly stating
- alludeRefer indirectly
- intimateClosely personal or private
indicate · signal · connote · infer · gesture · evoke · reference · invoke
Cause to believe
- convinceCause to believe
- swayRock back and forth
- promptIncite to action
- encourageUrge forward with support
nudge · coax · steer · guide · influence · motivate · inspire · incite
Suggest with approval
- adviseGive counsel to
- proposePut forth formally
- nominatePropose as candidate
- submitPresent for consideration
offer · counsel · advocate · endorse · pitch · float · broach · put forward
Tending to summon memories
- reminiscentTending to recall
- redolentSmelling strongly of something
- conjureSummon by supernatural means
- recallMemory retrieval act
summon · bring to mind · associative · resonant · atmospheric · nostalgic · haunting · stirring
nuance
Slight shade of difference
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
- innuendoOblique disparaging remark
allusion · insinuation · understatement · undertone · overtone · subtlety · indirectness · delicacy · tact · finesse
hint
Indirect suggestion
intimate · indicate · signal · connote · infer · gesture · evoke · reference · invoke · denote
persuade
Cause to believe
encourage · nudge · coax · steer · guide · influence · motivate · inspire · incite · provoke
recommend
Suggest with approval
submit · offer · counsel · advocate · endorse · pitch · float · broach · put forward · table
evocative
Tending to summon memories
- reminiscentTending to recall
- redolentSmelling strongly of something
- conjureSummon by supernatural means
recall · summon · bring to mind · associative · resonant · atmospheric · nostalgic · haunting · stirring · triggering
- conversationlistening, talk, talking, chat, speaking
- partial actionsstarting, beginning, attempting, trying, sampling
- indirectnesscircumlocution, euphemism, hedging, hint, hinting
- communicatingtalking, speaking, telling, sharing, expressing
- conversation tacticsactive listening, mirroring, small talk, deflection, changing subject
- highlightingemphasizing, stressing, underscoring, accenting, accentuating
suggestingasserting
Stating something confidently
declaring · stating · affirming · insisting · proclaiming
suggestingconcealing
Keeping something secret
hiding · suppressing · withholding · obscuring · masking
- suggestion boxContainer for anonymous recommendations
- suggestion boxesContainers for submitted ideas
- serving suggestionIdealized plating shown on packaging
- hypnotic suggestionCommand given under trance
- suggestive contentImplicitly adult material
- suggestive languageSpeech implying something improper