suggest

suggest is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.
2. transitive verb. To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.
3. transitive verb. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
4. transitive verb. To inform secretly.
5. intransitive verb. To make suggestions; to tempt.
6. verb. make a proposal, declare a plan for something

   "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"

   Synonyms: advise, propose

7. verb. drop a hint; intimate by a hint

   Synonyms: hint

8. verb. suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine

   "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

   Synonyms: indicate

9. verb. call to mind

   "this remark evoked sadness"

   Synonyms: evoke

10. verb. imply as a possibility

    "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"

    Synonyms: intimate

Synonyms

advise, propose, hint, indicate, evoke, intimate

Common word forms

suggests, suggested, suggester, suggesting, suggestable, suggestment

Words from these letters

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