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Definition: Suggestive |
SuggestiveAdjective1. Having a covert or special meaning. 2. Tending to suggest or imply; "artifacts suggestive of an ancient society"; "an implicative statement". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "suggestive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonyms: SuggestiveSynonyms: implicational (adj), implicative (adj), indicative (adj), significative (adj), suggestive of(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Description | Adjective: descriptive, graphic, narrative, epic, suggestive, well-drawn; historic; traditional, traditionary; legendary; anecdotic, storied; described; Verb: |
Imagination | Adjective: meaning; Verb: expressive, suggestive, allusive; significant, significative, significatory; pithy; full of meaning, pregnant with meaning. |
Memory | In memory of; in memoriam; memoria in aeterna; suggestive. |
Supposition | Suggestive, allusive. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Suggestive |
| English words defined with "suggestive": suggestive of. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "suggestive": cotton rock ♦ Isn't ♦ key symbol ♦ Myelodysplastic Syndromes ♦ nor, Nothing ♦ robber ♦ SANDLOTTER, String Oriented Symbolic Language ♦ Trail Making Test. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | For making lewd and suggestive remarks to an official of the French government. (A Shot in the Dark; writing credit: Marcel Achard; William Peter Blatty) Lewd and suggestive remarks? (A Shot in the Dark; writing credit: Marcel Achard; William Peter Blatty) I'm afraid that might be slightly suggestive. (Anatomy of a Murder; writing credit: Richard Brooks; Truman Capote) | |
Clever | Statistics is like a bikini: What is revealed is suggestive, but what is concealed is vital. (references; author: unknown) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
William James | An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation. |
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It was suggestive somewhat as a picture in outlines. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Some recent observations seem to provide suggestive leads on this question. (references) | |
Combinations of chlorhexidine, fluoride, and/or sealants are suggestive of efficacy. (references) | ||
Persons with symptoms suggestive of leptospirosis should contact a health care provider. (references) | ||
Trade | Ireland | Goods may not be imported with marks suggestive of Irish origin unless they bear an indication of their true origin. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ROBBER, n. A candid man of affairs. It is related of Voltaire that one night he and some traveling companion lodged at a wayside inn. The surroundings were suggestive, and after supper they agreed to tell robber stories in turn. "Once there was a Farmer-General of the Revenues." Saying nothing more, he was encouraged to continue. "That," he said, "is the story." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | With an experience thus suggestive and cheering, the policy of my Administration will not be controlled by any timid forebodings of evil from expansion. |
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| "Suggestive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.32% of the time. "Suggestive" is used about 292 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.32% | 290 | 17,096 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.34% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.34% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 292 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "suggestive": indicative significative suggestive ♦ suggestive medicine ♦ suggestive of ♦ Suggestive Therapy ♦ Suggestive therapy zone procedure. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "suggestive": anti-suggestive. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
suggestive | 22 |
suggestive selling | 9 |
card e suggestive | 7 |
ecard suggestive | 7 |
suggestive behavior | 6 |
dancing suggestive | 6 |
pose suggestive | 5 |
card greeting suggestive | 4 |
card e free suggestive | 4 |
photo suggestive | 3 |
suggestive card | 3 |
clothing suggestive | 3 |
picture suggestive | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "suggestive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që të sjell në mendje, që të kujton (remindful, reminiscent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | موح (inspirer, revealing), مذكر ب, مثير للعواطف, غير محتشم (curiously, improper, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, salty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | събуждащ неприлични асоциации, събуждащ неприлични представи, указващ, сочещ, насочващ въпрос (leading question), показващ (significative), подтикващ, извикващ неприлични асоциации, извикващ неприлични представи. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 暗示 (Allude, Alluded, Alluding, Cue, Hinted, Hinting, implied, implies, imply, Implying, Suggestiveness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | svùdný (alluring, beguiling, fetching, inviting, seductive, tempting), sugestivní, podmanivý (bewitching, engaging, winning), připomínající (reminiscent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | viitteellinen, merkitsevä (expressive, indicative, significant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | suggestif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zweideutig (ambiguous, ambiguously, equivocal, equivocally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπαινικτικόσ (allusive, snide), υπαινισσόμενοσ (hinter), υποδηλωτικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מעל" מחשבות, מרמז. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szuggesztív, vmire emlékeztető (reminiscent of sg, tangy), utaló (allusive, related), sugalló, sokatmondó (meaningful, pregnant, telling, telling look), kétértelmű (ambiguous, equivocal, oracular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | suggestivo (evocative, striking), sconveniente (disadvantageous, disreputable, improper, inconvenient, misbecoming, nonu, unattractive, unfitting, ungentlemanly, unpassable, unseemly, untoward, wrong), provocante (provocative, provoking), indicativo (approximate, indicative, showing, significative), evocativo (evocative, evocatory, redolent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 際どい (close, dangerous, delicate, hazardous, risky), 露骨 (blunt, broad, conspicuous, frank, open, outspoken, plain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | が"ちくのある (pregnant, significant), きわどい (close, dangerous, delicate, hazardous, risky), ろ"つ (blunt, broad, conspicuous, frank, open, outspoken, plain), ちょうはつてき (lascivious, provocative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | "시하" (Hinted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | glieemianagh (concupiscent, lustful), faaueagh (allusive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uggestivesay sugestivo (redolent), insinuante (ingratiating, silky, winning, winsome), estimulante (bracing, fresh, life-giving, pick-me-up, provocative, rousing, stimulant, tonic, whet). (various references) sugestiv (graphically, significant), simpatetic, expresiv (clear, eloquent, expressive, graphic, graphical, graphically, nervous, significant, speaking). (various references) соблазнительный (alluring, desirable, enticing, fetching, pinup, seductive, tempting), вызывающий мысли. (various references) sugestivan (leading), nametljiv (clingy, importunate, intrusive, meddlesome, obtrusive, officious). (various references) sugestivo (stimulating). (various references) tvetydig (ambiguous, backhanded, double-barrelled, dubious, equivocal, indecent, left handed), tankeväckande, ekivok (indelicate). (various references) เป็นนัยถึงเรื่องทะลึ่ง, เป็นข้อเสนอแนะ. (various references) telkin edici, müstehcen (bawdy, blue, dirty, filthy, gross, hard core, kinky, loathsome, nasty, obscene, off color, off colour, pornographic, racy, raw, ribald, ripe, risky, risque, rough, salacious, shocking, smutty, unprintable), imalı (allusive, hinting, indirect, insinuating), hatırlatıcı (memorial), fikir verici, akıl çelen. (various references) що виклика" думки, що натяка" на щось непристойне. (various references) gợi những ý nghĩ t dâm, gợi ý, có tính chất gợi nhớ kêu gợi, có tính chất gợi ý. (various references) awgrymiadol. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "suggestive": suggestively, suggestiveness, suggestivenesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "suggestive" (pronounced sugje"stiv) |
| 6 | -j e" s t i v | congestive, digestive. |
| 5 | -e" s t i v | festive, restive. |
| 4 | -s t i v | exhaustive. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, active, adaptive, addictive, additive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, destructive, detective, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, positive, predictive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, subjective, substantive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-g-i-s-s-t-u-v" | |
-2 letters: vestiges, vuggiest. | |
-3 letters: suggest, tussive, veggies, vestige, vitesse. | |
-4 letters: egests, egises, evites, geests, gestes, gigues, guests, guises, gusset, gussie, segues, sieges, sieves, suites, tissue, veggie, vegies. | |
-5 letters: egest, etuis, evite, geest, geste, gests, gigue, gists, gives, guess, guest, guise, gusts, issue, segue, seise, siege, sieve, sites, situs, sties, suets, suite, suits, vegie, vests, vises. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-g-i-s-s-t-u-v" | |
+2 letters: suggestively. | |
+4 letters: suggestiveness. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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