suggest

About 50.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).

   Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?

2. verb To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).

   The name "hamburger" suggests that hamburgers originated from Hamburg.

3. verb To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.

   This meeting venue was suggested to us by our boss.

4. verb To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.

Similar words

hint indicate advise evoke propose intimate paint a picture insinuate suggestive imply

Often followed by

that a the to an you some it how

Word family

suggested suggester suggesters suggesting suggests