An idea that is suggested.

Roget 695: advice, counsel, adhortation^†; word to the wise; suggestion, submonition^†, recommendation, advocacy; advisement.    exhortation etc. (persuasion) 615; expostulation etc. (dissuasion) 616; admonition etc. (warning) 668; guidance etc. (direction) 693.    instruction, charge, injunction, obtestation^†; Governor's message, President's message; King's message, Queen's speech; message, speech from the throne.    adviser, prompter; counsel, counselor; monitor, mentor, Nestor, magnus Apollo [Lat.], senator; teacher etc. 540.    guide, manual, chart etc. (information) 527.    physician, doctor, leech^†, archiater^†.    arbiter etc. (judge) 967.    reference, referment^†; consultation, conference, pourparler.    ... show more

Roget 516: meaning; signification, significance; sense, expression; import, purport; force; drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring; scope.    [important part of the meaning] substance; gist, essence, marrow, spirit etc. 5.    matter; subject, subject matter; argument, text, sum and substance.    general meaning, broad meaning, substantial meaning, colloquial meaning, literal meaning, plain meaning, simple meaning, natural meaning, unstrained meaning, true meaning, etc. (exact) 494 honest meaning, etc. 543 prima facie meaning [Lat.]; etc. (manifest) 525.    letter of the law.    literally; after acceptation.    synonym; implication, allusion etc. (latency) 526; suggestion etc. (information) 527; figure of speech etc. 521; acceptation etc. (interpretation) 522.    ... show more

Dutch: voorstel, suggestie

A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection:
— It was a suggestion we couldn't refuse.

synonyms: proffer, proposition.

Roget 514: supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, postulatum [Lat.], theory; thesis, theorem; data; proposition, position; proposal etc. (plan) 626; presumption etc. (belief) 484; divination.    conjecture; guess, guesswork, speculation; rough guess, shot, shot in the dark [Coll.]; conjecturality^†; surmise, suspicion, sneaking suspicion; estimate, approximation (nearness) 197.    inkling, suggestion, hint, intimation, notion, impression; bare supposition, vague supposition, loose supposition, loose suggestion.    association of ideas, (analogy) 514.1; metonym [Gramm.], metonymy [Gramm.], simile (metaphor) 521.    conceit, idea, thought; original idea, invention (imagination) 515.    ... show more

Roget 626: plan, scheme, design, project; proposal, proposition, suggestion; resolution, motion; precaution etc. (provision) 673; deep-laid plan etc. (premeditated) 611; system etc. (order) 58; organization etc. (arrangement) 60; germ etc. (cause) 153.    sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche [Fr.], brouillon [Fr.]; rough cast, rough draft, draught copy; copy; proof, revise.    drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart (representation) 554.    forecast, program, programme, prospectus; carte du pays [Fr.]; card; bill, protocol; order of the day, list of agenda; bill of fare etc. (food) 298; base of operations; platform, plank, slate [U.S.], ticket [U.S.].    role; policy etc. (line of conduct) 692.    contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device; pipelaying [U.S.]; stratagem etc. (cunning) 702; trick etc. (deception) 545; alternative, loophole; shift etc. (substitute) 147; last shift etc. (necessity) 601.    measure, step; stroke, stroke of policy; master stroke; trump card, court card; cheval de bataille [Fr.], great gun; coup, coup d'etat [Fr.]; clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke; bright thought, bright idea.    intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot^†, machination; subplot, underplot^†, counterplot.    schemer, schemist^†, schematist^†; strategist, machinator; projector, artist, promoter, designer etc. v.; conspirator; intrigant etc. (cunning) 702^†.    ... show more

Dutch: aanbod, poging

A just detectable amount.

synonyms: hint, tint, trace.

Roget 505: memory, remembrance; retention, retentiveness; tenacity; veteris vestigia flammae [Lat.]; tablets of the memory; readiness.    reminiscence, recognition, recollection, rememoration^†; recurrence, flashback; retrospect, retrospection.    afterthought, post script, PS.    suggestion etc. (information) 527; prompting etc. v.; hint, reminder; remembrancer^†, flapper; memorial etc. (record) 551; commemoration etc. (celebration) 883.    [written reminder] note, memo, memorandum; things to be remembered, token of remembrance, memento, souvenir, keepsake, relic, memorabilia.    art of memory, artificial memory; memoria technica [Lat.]; mnemonics, mnemotechnics^†; phrenotypics^†; Mnemosyne.    prompt-book; crib sheet, cheat sheet.    retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green memory^†, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollection; perfect memory, total recall.    celebrity, fame, renown, reputation etc. (repute) 873.    ... show more

Roget 527: information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge etc. 490; publicity etc. 531; data etc. 467.    communication, intimation; notice, notification; enunciation, annunciation; announcement; communiqu_e; representation, round robin, presentment.    case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition; news etc. 532; return etc. (record) 551; account etc. (description) 594; statement etc. (affirmation) 535.    mention; acquainting etc. v.; instruction etc. (teaching) 537; outpouring; intercommunication, communicativeness.    informant, authority, teller, intelligencer^†, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece; informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective; sleuth; mouchard^†, spy, newsmonger; messenger etc. 534; amicus curiae [Lat.].    valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide; guidebook, handbook; vade mecum [Lat.]; manual; map, plan, chart, gazetteer; itinerary etc. (journey) 266.    hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition^†, cue, byplay; gesture etc. (indication) 550; gentle hint, broad hint; verbum sapienti [Lat.], a word to the wise; insinuation etc. (latency) 526.    information theory.    [units of information] bit, byte, word, doubleword [Comp.], quad word, paragraph, segment.    [information storage media] magnetic media, paper medium, optical media; random access memory, RAM; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory, WORM.    ... show more

Dutch: spoor

Persuasion formulated as a suggestion.

synonym: prompting.

The sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association.

The act of inducing hypnosis.

synonyms: hypnotism, mesmerism.