Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to suggest
Participle: suggested
Gerund: suggesting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | suggest |
| you | suggest |
| he;she;it | suggests |
| we | suggest |
| you | suggest |
| they | suggest |
Perfect
| I | have suggested |
| you | have suggested |
| he;she;it | has suggested |
| we | have suggested |
| you | have suggested |
| they | have suggested |
Past
| I | suggested |
| you | suggested |
| he;she;it | suggested |
| we | suggested |
| you | suggested |
| they | suggested |
Pluperfect
| I | had suggested |
| you | had suggested |
| he;she;it | had suggested |
| we | had suggested |
| you | had suggested |
| they | had suggested |
Future
| I | will suggest |
| you | will suggest |
| he;she;it | will suggest |
| we | will suggest |
| you | will suggest |
| they | will suggest |
Future Perfect
| I | will have suggested |
| you | will have suggested |
| he;she;it | will have suggested |
| we | will have suggested |
| you | will have suggested |
| they | will have suggested |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | suggest |
| you | suggest |
| he;she;it | suggest |
| we | suggest |
| you | suggest |
| they | suggest |
Perfect
| I | have suggested |
| you | have suggested |
| he;she;it | have suggested |
| we | have suggested |
| you | have suggested |
| they | have suggested |
Imperfect
| I | suggested |
| you | suggested |
| he;she;it | suggested |
| we | suggested |
| you | suggested |
| they | suggested |
Pluperfect
| I | had suggested |
| you | had suggested |
| he;she;it | had suggested |
| we | had suggested |
| you | had suggested |
| they | had suggested |
Conditional
Present
| I | would suggest |
| you | would suggest |
| he;she;it | would suggest |
| we | would suggest |
| you | would suggest |
| they | would suggest |
Perfect
| I | would have suggested |
| you | would have suggested |
| he;she;it | would have suggested |
| we | would have suggested |
| you | would have suggested |
| they | would have suggested |
Imperative
| you | suggest |
| we | Let's suggest |
| you | suggest |
Verbs conjugated like 'suggest'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'suggest'
aggest,
augment,
august,
budget,
bugger,
congest,
digest,
disgest,
egest,
guest,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed
- admonish, advise, advocate, counsel, recommend, warn
- indirect suggestion
- advert, allude, hint, imply, indicate, inkle, insinuate, intimate, refer, signify
- recommend
- advise, propose, submit, prompt, hint, imply, indicate, insinuate
Antonyms
- recommend
- discommend, warn, dissuade, disapprove
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Coined based on Latin suggestus, perfect passive participle of suggerō (“bring up, bring under, lay beneath, furnish, supply, excite, advise, suggest”, verb), from sub (“from below, under”) + gerō (“bear, carry”, verb).
Sample Sentences
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[...] and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed. The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly,
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Communicating with their apartment was a large closet, opening by a door into the outer passage. When Mrs. Shelby had dismissed Eliza for the night, her feverish and excited mind had suggested the idea of this closet; and she had hidden herself there, and, with her ear pressed close against the crack of the door, had lost not a word of the conversation.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Rachel glanced quickly at her husband, as Eliza tremulously answered “ yes; ” her fears, ever uppermost, suggesting that possibly there might be advertisements out for her.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] reasonably supposed that when the soldiers entertain the wildest and maddest hopes of the fortune and independence that await them on the other side, the impulse to play traitor, which such a place suggests to dishonest minds, is not weakened. But it very rarely happens that the men who do desert, are happy or contented afterwards; and many instances have been known in which they have confessed their [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to his shoes, who was serving in the American navy, and having got leave of absence was on his way home to see his friends. When he presented himself to take and pay for his passage, it had been suggested to him that being an able seaman he might as well work it and save the money, but this piece of advice he very indignantly rejected: saying, ‘He 'd be damned but for once he 'd go aboard ship, as a [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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St. Clare laughed. “ You'll have to give her a meaning, or she'll make one, ” said he. “ There seems to be a theory of emigration suggested there. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] Miss Ophelia speak often of a cough, that all her medicaments could not cure; and even now that fervent cheek and little hand were burning with hectic fever; and yet the thought that Eva's words suggested had never come to him till now.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] the wall. In short, the eye could turn nowhere without meeting images of childhood, of beauty, and of peace. Those little eyes never opened, in the morning light, without falling on something which suggested to the heart soothing and beautiful thoughts.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Well, usually when people suggest this game, they 're the type of people who want to talk about how cool
(The Wedding Party)