verb
1.
to convey an idea indirectly
designing attractive books with jackets that truly suggest their contents
Synonyms: connote, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate; compare point 2
Related Word: 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 Word: 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
this, I suggest, is what really happened
Synonyms: submit, theorize
Related Word: conjecture; imagine
5.
to represent another thing indirectly, figuratively, and sometimes obscurely by evoking a thought, image, or conception of it
the meaning of a poem is often suggested in its title
Synonyms: adumbrate, shadow (forth); compare adumbrate 1
Related Word: outline, sketch; betoken, symbolize; typify
Contrasted words: display, flaunt, parade
Antonyms: manifest