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suggestion
Overview of noun suggestion
The noun suggestion has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (13) suggestion -- (an idea that is suggested; "the picnic was her suggestion")
2. (9) suggestion, proposition, proffer -- (a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse")
3. (1) trace, hint, suggestion -- (a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent")
4. (1) suggestion, prompting -- (persuasion formulated as a suggestion)
5. suggestion -- (the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association)
6. hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion -- (the act of inducing hypnosis)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun suggestion
6 senses of suggestion
Sense 1
suggestion
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
suggestion, proposition, proffer
=> proposal
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
trace, hint, suggestion
=> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
=> indefinite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
suggestion, prompting
=> persuasion, suasion
=> communication, communicating
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
suggestion
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion
=> influence
=> causing, causation
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun suggestion
3 of 6 senses of suggestion
Sense 1
suggestion
=> inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer
=> posthypnotic suggestion
Sense 2
suggestion, proposition, proffer
=> hint, intimation, breath
=> touch, trace, ghost
=> overture, advance, approach, feeler
Sense 3
trace, hint, suggestion
=> spark
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun suggestion
6 senses of suggestion
Sense 1
suggestion
=> idea, thought
Sense 2
suggestion, proposition, proffer
=> proposal
Sense 3
trace, hint, suggestion
=> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
Sense 4
suggestion, prompting
=> persuasion, suasion
Sense 5
suggestion
=> higher cognitive process
Sense 6
hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion
=> influence
Antonyms of noun suggestion
Member Holonyms of noun suggestion
Substance Holonyms of noun suggestion
Part Holonyms of noun suggestion
Member Meronyms of noun suggestion
Substance Meronyms of noun suggestion
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Meronyms of noun suggestion
Holonyms of noun suggestion
Attributes of noun suggestion
Derived Forms of noun suggestion
3 of 6 senses of suggestion
Sense 2
suggestion, proposition, proffer
RELATED TO>(verb) suggest#3
=> hint, suggest
RELATED TO>(verb) suggest#1
=> propose, suggest, advise
Sense 4
suggestion, prompting
RELATED TO>(verb) suggest#2
=> suggest, intimate
RELATED TO>(verb) suggest#1
=> propose, suggest, advise
Sense 5
suggestion
RELATED TO>(verb) suggest#5
=> suggest, evoke, paint a picture
Domain of noun suggestion
Domain Terms of noun suggestion
Familiarity of noun suggestion
suggestion used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun suggestion
6 senses of suggestion
Sense 1
suggestion
> idea, thought
=> inspiration
=> cogitation
=> concept, conception, construct
=> preoccupation
=> misconception
=> plan, program, programme
=> figment
=> generalization, generalisation, generality
=> suggestion
=> impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion
=> reaction
=> theorem
=> notion, whim, whimsy, whimsey
=> meaning, substance
=> burden
=> theme, motif
=> ideal
=> idealization, idealisation
=> keynote
=> kink
Sense 2
suggestion, proposition, proffer
> proposal
=> advice
=> counterproposal
=> hypothesis
=> suggestion, proposition, proffer
=> introduction
=> re-introduction
=> motion, question
Sense 3
trace, hint, suggestion
> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
=> helping, portion, serving
=> taste, mouthful
=> crumb
=> dab, splash, splatter
=> spot, bit
=> few
=> hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker
=> modicum
=> scattering, sprinkling
=> shoestring, shoe string
=> spray, spraying
=> nose
=> step, stone's throw
=> little
=> shtik, shtick, schtik, schtick
=> tad, shade
=> minimum, lower limit
=> morsel
=> handful, smattering
=> couple
=> drop, drib, driblet
=> dollop
=> dreg
=> jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit
=> nip, shot
=> trace, hint, suggestion
=> shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge
=> tot
=> touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon
Sense 4
suggestion, prompting
> persuasion, suasion
=> arm-twisting
=> electioneering, bell ringing, canvassing
=> exhortation, incitement
=> proselytism
=> sloganeering
=> suggestion, prompting
=> weapon, artillery
Sense 5
suggestion
> higher cognitive process
=> search
=> thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
=> suggestion
=> decision making, deciding
=> knowing
=> linguistic process, language
Sense 6
hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion
> influence
=> cross-pollination
=> exposure
=> impingement, encroachment, impact
=> manipulation, use
=> hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion
=> enticement, temptation
Meronyms of noun suggestion
6 senses of suggestion
Holonyms of noun suggestion
Grep of noun suggestion
autosuggestion
posthypnotic suggestion
self-suggestion
suggestion
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