| verb | make a proposal, declare a plan for something “the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax” |
| verb | drop a hint; intimate by a hint |
| verb | imply as a possibility “The evidence suggests a need for more clarification” |
| verb | suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine “Tetracycline is indicated in such cases” |
| verb | call to mind “this remark evoked sadness” |
| proposition | noun | the act of making a proposal |
| proposer | noun | someone who advances a suggestion or proposal |
| proposal | noun | the act of making a proposal |
| suggestible | adjective | susceptible or responsive to suggestion |
| suggestion | noun | persuasion formulated as a suggestion |
| suggester | noun | someone who advances a suggestion or proposal |
| hint | noun | an indication of potential opportunity |
| suggestive | adjective | (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly |
| intimation | noun | an indirect suggestion |
| indicative | adjective | (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly |
| indication | noun | something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary |
| evocative | adjective | serving to bring to mind; - Wilder Hobson |
| evocation | noun | imaginative re-creation |