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suggestive

Syllables: sug·ges·tive/sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɪv/

suggestive adjective: tending to suggest or imply.

Adjective

suggestive (comparative more suggestive, superlative most suggestive)

  1. Tending to suggest or imply.
    • The painting is abstract, but the colors are suggestive of fruit or the Mediterranean.
    • But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.1921, Ben Travers, “Tally-ho”, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC, part I (“Come He Will”), pages 64–65
  2. Suggesting romance, sex, etc.; risqué.
    • She crossed her legs and shot him a suggestive smile.
    • Girls read fashion and celebrity magazines at younger and younger ages and look for the same kinds of sexy, suggestive clothing worn by the models.2008, Marcia Amidon Lusted, Advertising to Children, page 71
  3. Relating to hypnotic suggestion.

suggestive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

suggestive in Hindi

सुझाव देने वाला, सुझाउ देने वाला, सुझाव देने वाली

suggestive in Tamil

குறிப்பாகத் தெரிவி, குறிப்புக் காட்டு, சாடை செய்

suggestive in Marathi

सुचवणारे, सुचवणारा

suggestive in Bengali

ব্যঞ্জনাপূর্ণ, ইঙ্গিতপূর্ণ
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suggestive in Malayalam
ചിന്തിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, ശൃംഗാരപൂർണ്ണമായ, സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, വ്യഞ്ജകമായ
suggestive in Gujarati
સૂચનશીલ

Examples of suggestive in a sentence

  • His reply was strongly suggestive of a forthcoming challenge to the governor.
  • She tried to sully her rival’s reputation with a suggestive comment.
  • The dancer titillated her audience with gyrations and suggestive movements.

All 40 example sentences with suggestive

Synonyms of suggestive

Forms of suggestive

comparativemore suggestive
superlativemost suggestive

Origin of suggestive

From suggest + -ive.

Words formed from suggestive

Questions about suggestive

What does suggestive mean?
Suggestive means tending to suggest or imply.
What is suggestive in Hindi?
Suggestive in Hindi is सुझाव देने वाला, सुझाउ देने वाला, सुझाव देने वाली. See Suggestive meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is suggestive?
Suggestive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce suggestive?
Suggestive is pronounced /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɪv/.

Words near suggestive in the dictionary

  1. suggestiones falsi
  2. suggestionism
  3. suggestionist
  4. suggestionists
  5. suggestions
  6. suggestive
  7. suggestively
  8. suggestiveness
  9. suggestivenesses
  10. suggestivity
  11. suggestment

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: suggestive (page history and authors); suggestive (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suggestive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suggestive (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suggestive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suggestive (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suggestive (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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