suggestive
Hinting at more
Suggestive means hinting at something without stating it directly.
A suggestive remark or gesture implies sexual interest without being explicit.
More broadly, something suggestive of another thing evokes or calls it to mind: The architecture was suggestive of ancient Rome.
The word often carries a faintly improper or risqué connotation, especially without a following "of."
Suggesting indirectly
- insinuatingIndirectly suggesting something
- alludingReferencing indirectly
- intimatingConveying indirectly
- connotingImplying beyond literal meaning
inkling · veiled · tacit · implicit · indirect · oblique · understated · subtle
Meant to provoke response
- titillatingPleasurably stimulating, often sensually
- racyMildly indecent in content
- salaciousLewdly interested in intimacy
- lewdObscenely sexual
indecent · bawdy · ribald · off-color · blue · smutty · raunchy · naughty
Powerfully appealing
- enticingPowerfully attractive
- tantalizingTeasingly attractive, frustratingly desirable
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
- flirtatiousPlayfully romantic in manner
coquettish · sultry · sensual · inviting · tempting · come-hither · slinky · provocative
Tending to summon memories
- reminiscentTending to recall
- redolentSmelling strongly of something
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- symptomaticShowing signs of disease
characteristic · typical · representative · reflective · revelatory · telltale · pointing · signaling
hinting
Suggesting indirectly
- insinuatingIndirectly suggesting something
- alludingReferencing indirectly
- intimatingConveying indirectly
connoting · inkling · veiled · tacit · implicit · indirect · oblique · understated · subtle · elliptical
provocative
Meant to provoke response
- titillatingPleasurably stimulating, often sensually
- racyMildly indecent in content
- salaciousLewdly interested in intimacy
lewd · indecent · bawdy · ribald · off-color · blue · smutty · raunchy · naughty · spicy
alluring
Powerfully appealing
- enticingPowerfully attractive
- tantalizingTeasingly attractive, frustratingly desirable
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
flirtatious · coquettish · sultry · sensual · inviting · tempting · come-hither · slinky · provocative · arousing
evocative
Tending to summon memories
- reminiscentTending to recall
- redolentSmelling strongly of something
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
symptomatic · characteristic · typical · representative · reflective · revelatory · telltale · pointing · signaling · hinting
- seductionseduction, seductive, allure, beguilement, enticement
- sexualizedsexualized, erotica, pornographic, explicit, provocative
- risquerisque, racy, bawdy, ribald, lewd
- eroticaerotic, erotic literature, eroticism, erotica, sensuality
- screen intimacynude scene, sex scene, love scene, nudity, bedroom scene
- clarityclearness, clear, obvious, simplification, concise
suggestiveunexpressive
Lacking outward emotion
meaningless · empty · prosaic · literal · unimaginative
- 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
suggestion, suggesting, suggestible, suggestiveness, suggestively, suggestibility