v. Function: verb
1 to convey an idea indirectly FF1C; designing attractive books with jackets that truly suggest their contents FF1E;
Synonyms: connote, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate; compare POINT 2
Related Words: advert, allude, refer; denote
Idioms: bring to mind
Contrasted Words: demonstrate, display, exhibit, manifest, set out, show
Antonyms: express
2
Synonyms: POINT 2, hint, imply, indicate
Related Words: promise
Idioms: be the sign of, point in the direction of
3
Synonyms: PROPOSE 1, pose, prefer, ||propone, proposition, propound, put
4 to offer (as an idea or theory) for consideration FF1C; this, I suggest, is what really happened FF1E;
Synonyms: submit, theorize
Related Words: conjecture; imagine
5 to represent another thing indirectly, figuratively, and sometimes obscurely by evoking a thought, image, or conception of it FF1C; the meaning of a poem is often suggested in its title FF1E;
Synonyms: adumbrate, shadow (forth); compare ADUMBRATE 1
Related Words: outline, sketch; betoken, symbolize; typify
Contrasted Words: display, flaunt, parade
Antonyms: manifest