suggestion
Idea put forward
A suggestion is an idea or plan put forward for someone to consider, typically without strong insistence: I have a suggestion for how we might solve this.
When you make a suggestion, you're offering a possibility rather than giving an order.
Suggestion also refers to a slight trace or hint of something: There was a suggestion of garlic in the sauce.
In psychology, suggestion describes the process by which an idea is implanted in someone's mind, as in hypnotic suggestion.
Solving aid
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
- intimationIndirect indication of something
- cueTrigger for action
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
indication · sign · signal · whisper · glimpse · trace · nudge · allusion
Advised course of action
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- counselExpert guidance offered
- tipEnd or gratuity
- directionWay something faces
instruction · input · feedback · opinion · insight · coaching · help · assistance
Formal plan for consideration
- conceptAbstract mental construct
- thoughtMental concept or reflection
- notionImprecise mental impression
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
brainstorm · inspiration · vision · possibility · option · recommendation · plan · scheme
Change to official text
- revisionAltering to improve
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- modificationAct of altering something
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
refinement · enhancement · alteration · edit · update · change · tweak · fix
Convincing through reasoning
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- promptingGiving reminders to continue
- coaxingPersuading through gentle persistence
- pressureForce upon contact
inducement · swaying · enticement · lobbying · propaganda · rhetoric · appeal · charm
clue
Solving aid
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
- intimationIndirect indication of something
- cueTrigger for action
implication · indication · sign · signal · whisper · glimpse · trace · nudge · allusion · undertone
recommendation
Advised course of action
direction · instruction · input · feedback · opinion · insight · coaching · help · assistance · support
proposal
Formal plan for consideration
- conceptAbstract mental construct
- thoughtMental concept or reflection
- notionImprecise mental impression
proposition · brainstorm · inspiration · vision · possibility · option · recommendation · plan · scheme · approach
amendment
Change to official text
- revisionAltering to improve
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- modificationAct of altering something
adjustment · refinement · enhancement · alteration · edit · update · change · tweak · fix · remedy
persuasion
Convincing through reasoning
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- promptingGiving reminders to continue
- coaxingPersuading through gentle persistence
pressure · inducement · swaying · enticement · lobbying · propaganda · rhetoric · appeal · charm · seduction
- feedbackcomment, comments, constructive, complaint, reviews
- influenceinfluence, persuasion, sway, clout, leverage
- indirecthint, detour, roundabout, evasive, veiled
- promptsprompt, prompts, prompting, cue, hint
- Hypnotismhypnosis, hypnotism, hypnotist, mesmerism, mesmerist
- indirectnesscircumlocution, euphemism, hedging, hint, hinting
suggestionanswer
Solution to query
solution · conclusion · resolution · decision · determination
- suggestion boxContainer for anonymous recommendations
- serving suggestionsRecommended ways to plate
- suggestion boxesContainers for submitted ideas
- hypnotic suggestionCommand given under trance
- suggestive contentImplicitly adult material
- suggestive languageSpeech implying something improper
suggesting, suggestive, suggestions, suggestible, suggestiveness, suggestively, suggestibility, autosuggestion, suggestion box