suggest
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax
Types & categories
- declare hypernym
- advocate hyponym
- advance hyponym
- proposition hyponym
- feed back hyponym
- put forward hyponym
- make a motion hyponym
Related & opposite
- proposal derivation
- proffer derivation
- prompting derivation
- proposer derivation
- suggestible derivation
Sense 2 verb
drop a hint; intimate by a hint
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- steer derivation
- clue derivation
- proffer derivation
- intimation derivation
- proposer derivation
- suggestible derivation
Sense 3 verb
imply as a possibility
The evidence suggests a need for more clarification
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- inkling derivation
- intimation derivation
- prompting derivation
- suggestive derivation
- revelatory derivation
- suggestible derivation
Sense 4 verb
suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
Tetracycline is indicated in such cases
Types & categories
- inform hypernym
Related & opposite
- contraindicate antonym
- indication derivation
- indication derivation
- revelatory derivation
Sense 5 verb
call to mind
this remark evoked sadness
Types & categories
- express hypernym
- reek hyponym
- incriminate hyponym
Related & opposite
- evocation derivation
- suggestion derivation
- redolent derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | proposal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | proffer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prompting |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | proposer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suggestible |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | declare |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | advocate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | advance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | proposition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | feed back |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | put forward |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | make a motion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | steer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | clue |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | proffer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intimation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | proposer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | suggestible |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | convey |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | intimate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clue in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | allude |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inkling |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | intimation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prompting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | suggestive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | revelatory |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | suggestible |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | imply |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | make out |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | contraindicate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | indication |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | indication |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | revelatory |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | inform |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | evocation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | suggestion |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | redolent |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | express |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | reek |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | incriminate |