suggest

[ suhg-jest, suh- ]

/ səgˈdʒɛst, sə- /

verb (used with object)

to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.

to propose (a person or thing) as suitable or possible for some purpose: We suggested him for president.

(of things) to prompt the consideration, making, doing, etc., of: The glove suggests that she was at the scene of the crime.

to bring before a person's mind indirectly or without plain expression: I didn't tell him to leave, I only suggested it.

to call (something) up in the mind through association or natural connection of ideas: The music suggests a still night.

Nearby words

sugarloaf mountain, sugarplum, sugars, sugary, suger, suggest, suggestibility, suggestible, suggestion, suggestive, suggillation

Origin of suggest

1520–30; < Latin suggestus (past participle of suggerere to build up, supply, hint, suggest), equivalent to sug- sug- + ges- (past participle stem of gerere to carry, do, display) + -tus past participle suffix

SYNONYMS FOR suggest

2 recommend, advise.

4 indicate, imply. See hint.

Related forms

sug·gest·ed·ness, nounsug·gest·er, nounsug·gest·ing·ly, adverbpre·sug·gest, verb (used with object)

un·sug·gest·ed, adjectiveun·sug·gest·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for suggester

Conviction is as necessary to the suggester as to his subject.
Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion|Emile Cou
What has been lacking hitherto, was a model to build toward; something to educate eye and taste; a suggester, so to speak.
Life On The Mississippi, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
That shows how good a suggester she is, interposed Heavy, calmly.
Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch|Alice B. Emerson
The seventh 'Reason' against the use of tobacco is, that the devil is the discoverer and suggester of smoking.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.

At last Tipperary Tom again became the suggester of a scheme for dispelling the multitudinous hosts.
Afloat in the Forest|Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for suggester

suggest

/ (səˈdʒɛst, US səɡˈdʒɛst) /

verb (tr; may take a clause as object)

to put forward (a plan, idea, etc) for considerationI suggest Smith for the post; a plan suggested itself

to evoke (a person, thing, etc) in the mind of someone by the association of ideasthat painting suggests home to me

to give an indirect or vague hint ofhis face always suggests his peace of mind

Derived Forms

suggester, noun

Word Origin for suggest

C16: from Latin suggerere to bring up, from sub- + gerere to bring

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