suggest: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 9 letter points · starts with S · ends with T
Meaning of suggest
verb
- transitive
To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).
Example: Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?
- transitive
To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).
Example: The name "hamburger" suggests that hamburgers originated from Hamburg.
- transitive
To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.
Example: This meeting venue was suggested to us by our boss.
- obsolete, transitive
To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
Listed forms: suggests, suggesting, suggested.
Source: Wiktionary — suggest.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for suggest.
verb
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
verb
drop a hint; intimate by a hint
verb
imply as a possibility
verb
call to mind
- bring back
- bring round
- bring around
- evoke
- paint a picture
- bring to mind
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is suggest in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of suggest
S(1) + U(1) + G(2) + G(2) + E(1) + S(1) + T(1) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of suggest
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from suggest
33 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in suggest. Showing up to 24, longest first.