suggest

suggest [səg jest′; ] also, & Brit usually [, sə jest′]

vt.

[< L suggestus, pp. of suggerere, to carry or lay under, furnish < sub-,SUB- + gerere, to carry]

1. to mention as something to think over, act on, etc.; bring to the mind for consideration

2. to bring or call to mind through association of ideas [objects suggested by the shapes of clouds]

3. to propose as a possibility [to suggest a course of study]

4. to show indirectly; imply; intimate [a silence that suggested agreement]

5. to serve as a motive for; prompt [a success that suggested further attempts]

suggester

n.

SYN.- SUGGEST implies a putting of something into the mind either intentionally, as by way of a proposal [I suggest you leave now ], or unintentionally, as through association of ideas [the smell of ether suggests a hospital ]; IMPLY stresses the putting into the mind of something involved, but not openly expressed, in a word, a remark, etc. and suggests the need for inference [the answer implied a refusal ]; HINT connotes faint or indirect suggestion that is, however, intended to be understood [he hinted that he would come ]; INTIMATE suggests a making known obliquely by a very slight hint [she only dared to intimate her feelings ]; INSINUATE implies the subtle hinting of something disagreeable or of that which one lacks the courage to say outright [are you insinuating that I am dishonest? ]