Meanings
plural suggestions
- countableSomething suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
make a suggestion
2 more examples
I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.
Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.
Synonyms: hint, incitement, proposal
- uncountableThe act of suggesting.
Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
- countablehuman sciencesSomething implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.
- countableuncountableThe act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.
- countablelawInformation, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomething suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
More synonyms by meaning
nouna just detectable amount
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsub-“from below, up”
- Latinsuggestiō
- Anglo-Normansuggestioun
- Middle Englishsuggestion
- Englishsuggestion
From Middle English suggestion, from Anglo-Norman suggestioun, sugestiun, from Latin suggestiō, from suggerō (“suggest”, verb), from Latin sub- (“from below, up”) + gerō (“to bring”). Equivalent to suggest + -ion. Related to English up-, cast.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِقْتِرَاح, مُقْتَرَح
- اِقْتِرَاح (iqtirāḥ)something suggested
- مُقْتَرَح (muqtaraḥ)something suggested
Basque iradokizun
- iradokizunsomething suggested
Bulgarian предложе́ние, предложе́ние
- предложе́ние (predložénie)something suggested
- предложе́ние (predložénie)act of suggestion
- предлагане (predlagane)act of suggestion
- внушение (vnušenie)the act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested
Catalan suggeriment, suggestió
- suggerimentsomething suggested
- suggestióact of suggestion
- suggerimentact of suggestion
- suggestiópsychology: something implied
Chinese Mandarin 建議 /建议, 提議 /提议
- 建議 /建议 (jiànyì)something suggested
- 提議 /提议 (tíyì)something suggested
- 提案 (tí'àn)something suggested
Czech návrh, návrh
- návrhsomething suggested
- návrhact of suggestion
Danish forslag
- forslagsomething suggested
Dutch voorstel
- voorstelsomething suggested
Esperanto sugesto
- sugestosomething suggested
Estonian ettepanek
- ettepaneksomething suggested
Finnish ehdotus, aloite
- ehdotussomething suggested
- aloitesomething suggested
- ehdottaminenact of suggestion
- käsityspsychology: something implied
- mielikuvapsychology: something implied
- suggestiothe act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested
French suggestion, proposition
- suggestionsomething suggested
- propositionsomething suggested
German Vorschlag, Suggestion
- Vorschlagsomething suggested
- Suggestionpsychology: something implied
Greek πρόταση
- πρόταση (prótasi)something suggested
Hebrew הַצָּעָה
- הַצָּעָה (hatsa'á)something suggested
Hindi सुझाव, प्रस्ताव
- सुझाव (sujhāv)something suggested
- प्रस्ताव (prastāv)something suggested
Hungarian javaslat, tanács
- javaslatsomething suggested
- tanácssomething suggested
- ajánlatsomething suggested
- javaslatact of suggestion
- szuggesztióthe act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested
Italian suggestione, suggerimento
- suggestionesomething suggested
- suggerimentosomething suggested
- propostasomething suggested
- suggerimentoact of suggestion
Japanese 提案
- 提案 (teian)something suggested
Korean 제안
- 제안 (jean)something suggested
Latin suggestiō
- suggestiōsomething suggested
Malay cadangan
- cadangansomething suggested
Norwegian Bokmål forslag
- forslagsomething suggested
Polish propozycja, sugestia
- propozycjasomething suggested
- sugestiasomething suggested
- sugestiaact of suggestion
Portuguese sugestão, proposta
- sugestãosomething suggested
- propostasomething suggested
- sugestãoact of suggestion
- sugestãopsychology: something implied
Romanian sugestionare, sugestie
- sugestionaresomething suggested
- sugestiesomething suggested
- propuneresomething suggested
- sugestionareact of suggestion
- sugestieact of suggestion
Russian предложе́ние
- предложе́ние (predložénije)something suggested
Slovak návrh
- návrhsomething suggested
Spanish sugerencia, propuesta
- sugerenciasomething suggested
- propuestasomething suggested
- sugestiónact of suggestion
- sugestiónpsychology: something implied
Swedish förslag
- förslagsomething suggested
Tagalog mungkahi
- mungkahisomething suggested
Thai ข้อเสนอ, ข้อเสนอแนะ
- ข้อเสนอ (kɔ̂ɔ-sà-nə̌ə)something suggested
- ข้อเสนอแนะ (kɔ̂ɔ-sà-nə̌ə-nɛ́)something suggested
Turkish öneri, teklif
- önerisomething suggested
- teklifsomething suggested
Ukrainian пропози́ція
- пропози́ція (propozýcija)something suggested
Urdu سِفارِش, تَجْوِیز
- سِفارِش (sifāriś)something suggested
- تَجْوِیز (tajvīz)something suggested
Vietnamese sự gợi ý
- sự gợi ýsomething suggested
Yiddish פֿאָרשלאָג
- פֿאָרשלאָג (forshlog)something suggested
Cite this entry
suggestion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suggestion
“suggestion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suggestion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suggestion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suggestion.
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