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Overview of verb suggest

      »   The verb suggest has 5 meanings (first 5 from tagged texts)

• propose, suggest, Advise1.) Rede, advise, counsel -- (give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud")
  
  2.) Advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize -- (inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due")
  
  advise -- (Make1.) Brand, make -- (a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?")
  
  2.) Shuffle, shuffling, make -- (the act of mixing cards haphazardly)
  
  make a Proposal1.) Proposal -- (something proposed (such as a plan or assumption))
  
  2.) Marriage proposal, proposal of marriage, marriage offer, proposal -- (an offer of marriage)
  
  proposal, declare a Plan1.) Plan, program, programme -- (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue")
  
  2.) Design, plan -- (an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests")
  
  plan for something)

• suggest, Intimate1.) Confidant, intimate -- (someone to whom private matters are confided)
  
  1.) Intimate, adumbrate, insinuate -- (give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife")
  
  intimate -- (Imply1.) Imply, connote -- (express or state indirectly)
  
  2.) Imply -- (suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic)
  
  imply as a Possibility1.) Possibility -- (a future prospect or potential; "this room has great possibilities")
  
  2.) Possibility, possibleness -- (capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired")
  
  possibility; "The Evidence1.) Evidence, grounds -- (your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling")
  
  2.) Evidence -- (an indication that makes something evident; "his trembling was evidence of his fear")
  
  evidence suggests a Need1.) Need, demand -- (a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs")
  
  2.) Need, want -- (anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants")
  
  need for more clarification")

• hint, suggest -- (Drop1.) Drop, drib, driblet -- (a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); "he had a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man"; "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling)
  
  2.) Drop, bead, pearl -- (a shape that is spherical and small; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead")
  
  drop a Hint1.) Hint, intimation, breath -- (an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her")
  
  2.) Hint, clue -- (a slight indication)
  
  hint; intimate by a hint)

• indicate, suggest -- (suggest the Necessity1.) Necessity -- (the condition of being essential or indispensable)
  
  2.) Necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary -- (anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained")
  
  necessity of an Intervention1.) Intervention, intercession -- (the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute))
  
  2.) Intervention, interference -- (a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries)
  
  intervention; in Medicine1.) Medicine, medical specialty -- (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
  
  2.) Medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug -- ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
  
  medicine; "Tetracycline is Indicated1.) Bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal -- (be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued")
  
  2.) Indicate, point, show -- (indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents")
  
  indicated in such cases")

• suggest, Evoke1.) Arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke -- (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy")
  
  2.) Provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up -- (evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple")
  
  evoke, paint a Picture1.) Picture, image, icon, ikon -- (a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them")
  
  2.) Painting, picture -- (graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre")
  
  picture -- (Call1.) Call, phone call, telephone call -- (a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call")
  
  2.) Call -- (a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call")
  
  call to Mind1.) Mind, head, brain, psyche, nous -- (that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head")
  
  2.) Mind -- (recall or remembrance; "it came to mind")
  
  mind; "this Remark1.) Remark, comment -- (a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account")
  
  2.) Remark -- (explicit notice; "it passed without remark")
  
  remark evoked sadness")