The data suggest that the optimum length of a lecture may be 30 instead of 60 minutes.
Source: tatoeba (2081)
Suggest
//səˈd͡ʒɛst//
Synonyms for "suggest" (247 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (50)
Strong matches (74)
bring to mindbring to recollectionbring upbroachcall to mindcall upcarry backcharacterizecluecoachcome closecome nearcommend to attentioncommunicatecomparecompare withconceiveconferconfideconjecture
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connoteconsult withcopycorrespondcounselcounterfeitdenominatedifferentiatedirectdisclosedisplaydrivedrop a hintentailevidenceevinceevokeexhibitexpressfavorfollowfurnish evidencegetgive a hintgive evidencegive indication ofgive prospect ofgive the cuegive tokenglance atgo to showgossipguidehighlighthint athold out hopehold the promptbookidentifyillustrateimagineimitateimplicateimplyimportimputeinfer
Related words (123)
instigateinstructintimateintroduceinvolvejog the memorykibitzlaunchlay beforelook likemakemake a motionmake fair promisemake likelymanifestmarkmatchmeanmean to saymeddle
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mentionmimicmirrormootmovenagnearnearly reproducenominatenot tell apartnotenudgeofferoffer a resolutionopenopen upoutlinepaint pictureparallelpartakepartake ofpointpoint indirectly topoint outpoint toposepostulatepredictpreferprescribepresentpresumepresupposeprofferpromisepromptprompt the mindpropositionpropoundputput forthput forwardput in mindput in remembranceput it toraiseraise expectationrecallreferrefer toreflectrefresh the memoryrememberremindremind one ofrepresentresemblerevealrumorsavor ofseemseem likeset beforeset forthset forwardshadow forthshowshow signs ofsignalizesignifysimulatesketchsmacksmack ofsound likespeak for itselfspeak volumesspellstack upstack up withstand fair tostand forstartsubmitsupportsupposesymbolizesymptomatizesymptomizetake aftertake for grantedtelltend to showtendertestifytheorizetypifyurge
Verb(5 words)
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9 entriesSynonyms
10 entriesderived
4 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
148 translations across 42 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- أَوْصَى verb (to recommend)
- اِقْتَرَحَ verb (to ask for without demanding)
- اِقْتَرَحَ verb (to recommend)
Belarusian
4 entries- прапанава́ць verb (to ask for without demanding)
- прапанава́ць verb (to recommend)
- прапано́ўваць verb (to ask for without demanding)
- прапано́ўваць verb (to recommend)
Bulgarian
4 entries- внушавам verb (to make one suppose)
- наме́квам verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
- предлага́м verb (to recommend)
- предлагам verb (to ask for without demanding)
Catalan
2 entries- insinuar verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
- suggerir verb (to make one suppose)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 建議 /建议 verb (to ask for without demanding)
- 建議 /建议 verb (to recommend)
- 提議 /提议 verb (to recommend)
Czech
3 entries- navrhnout verb (to ask for without demanding)
- navrhnout verb (to recommend)
- navrhovat verb (to recommend)
Danish
1 entries- forslå verb (to recommend)
Dutch
4 entries- doen vermoeden verb (to make one suppose)
- suggereren verb (to make one suppose)
- voorstellen verb (to ask for without demanding)
- voorstellen verb (to recommend)
Esperanto
1 entries- sugesti verb (to recommend)
Estonian
1 entries- soovitama verb (to ask for without demanding)
Finnish
4 entries- antaa ymmärtää verb (to make one suppose)
- ehdottaa verb (to ask for without demanding)
- ehdottaa verb (to recommend)
- esittää verb (to recommend)
French
3 entries- proposer verb (to ask for without demanding)
- suggérer verb (to ask for without demanding)
- suggérer verb (to recommend)
German
4 entries- behaupten verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
- empfehlen verb (to recommend)
- suggerieren verb (to make one suppose)
- vorschlagen verb (to ask for without demanding)
Greek
4 entries- προτείνω verb (to ask for without demanding)
- συνιστώ verb (to recommend)
- υπαινίσσομαι verb (to make one suppose)
- υπονοώ verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
Hebrew
3 entries- הציע verb (to make one suppose)
- הציע verb (to ask for without demanding)
- רמז ramoz verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
Hungarian
4 entries- ajánl verb (to ask for without demanding)
- ajánl verb (to recommend)
- céloz verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
- javasol verb (to ask for without demanding)
Interlingua
1 entries- proponer verb (to ask for without demanding)
Irish
1 entries- mol verb (to ask for without demanding)
Italian
3 entries- proporre verb (to ask for without demanding)
- suggerire verb (to ask for without demanding)
- suggerire verb (to recommend)
Japanese
3 entries- 勧める verb (to ask for without demanding)
- 提案する verb (to ask for without demanding)
- 提案する verb (to recommend)
Korean
4 entries- 시사하다 verb (to make one suppose)
- 암시하다 verb (to ask for without demanding)
- 제안하다 verb (to recommend)
- 추측하다 verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
Latin
1 entries- suggerō verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
Lithuanian
1 entries- siūlyti verb (to recommend)
Macedonian
2 entries- предлага verb (to recommend)
- предложи verb (to recommend)
Malay
2 entries- cadang verb (to ask for without demanding)
- cadang verb (to recommend)
Māori
4 entries- marohi verb (to recommend)
- mārohirohi verb (to recommend)
- whakaaranga verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
- whakaaranga verb (to recommend)
Northern Sami
2 entries- evttohit verb (to ask for without demanding)
- evttohit verb (to recommend)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- antyde verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
- foreslå verb (to ask for without demanding)
- foreslå verb (to recommend)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- antyde verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
- foreslå verb (to ask for without demanding)
- foreslå verb (to recommend)
- føreslå verb (to ask for without demanding)
Polish
4 entries- proponować verb (to ask for without demanding)
- proponować verb (to recommend)
- sugerować verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
- sugerować verb (to make one suppose)
Portuguese
4 entries- propor verb (to ask for without demanding)
- sugerir verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
- sugerir verb (to make one suppose)
- sugerir verb (to ask for without demanding)
Romanian
4 entries- propune verb (to ask for without demanding)
- sugera verb (to make one suppose)
- sugera verb (to ask for without demanding)
- sugera verb (to recommend)
Russian
4 entries- намека́ть verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
- намека́ть verb (to make one suppose)
- намекну́ть verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
- намекну́ть verb (to make one suppose)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cuir an aire verb (to make one suppose)
- cuir an aire verb (to ask for without demanding)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- predlágati verb (to recommend)
- predlòžiti verb (to recommend)
- предла́гати verb (to recommend)
- предло̀жити verb (to recommend)
Slovak
2 entries- navrhnúť verb (to recommend)
- navrhovať verb (to recommend)
Slovene
1 entries- predlagati verb (to recommend)
Spanish
4 entries- insinuar verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
- recomendar verb (to recommend)
- sugerir verb (to make one suppose)
- sugerir verb (to ask for without demanding)
Swedish
4 entries- antyda verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
- antyda verb (to make one suppose)
- föreslå verb (to ask for without demanding)
- föreslå verb (to recommend)
Turkish
4 entries- iddia etmek verb (to imply but stop short of saying directly)
- tavsiye etmek verb (to make one suppose)
- teklif etmek verb (to ask for without demanding)
- teklif etmek verb (to recommend)
Ukrainian
3 entries- пропонува́ти verb (to ask for without demanding)
- пропонува́ти verb (to recommend)
- ра́дити verb (to recommend)
Vietnamese
3 entries- giới thiệu verb (to recommend)
- đề nghị verb (to ask for without demanding)
- đề nghị verb (to recommend)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
I suggest that we go out on Friday.
Source: tatoeba (2222)
You had better do as I suggest.
Source: tatoeba (16097)
What do you suggest?
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.