suggestion synonyms

suggestion

n.

  1. A suggested detail

    hint, allusion, suspicion, intimation, implication, innuendo, insinuation, opinion, proposal, advice, recommendation, injunction, charge, instruction, submission, tender, reminder, approach, advance, bid, idea, tentative statement, presentation, proposition.

  2. A suggested plan

    scheme, idea, outline, proposal; see plan 2.

  3. A very small quantity

    trace, touch, taste; see bit 1.

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