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suggestive

  • /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɪv/

Where it comes from

From suggest + -ive.

adjective more suggestive · most suggestive

  1. Tending to suggest or imply. The painting is abstract, but the colors are suggestive of fruit or the Mediterranean.

    Similar: evocative, reminiscent

  2. Suggesting romance, sex, etc.; risqué. She crossed her legs and shot him a suggestive smile.
  3. Relating to hypnotic suggestion.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: implicative, implicational, meaningful, significative, indicative, connotative, suggestive of, suggest, allusive, consistent, believe, compatible, telling, indicator, evocative, thought-provoking

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adj tending to suggest

Españolsugestivo, sugerente
Deutschsuggestiv

adj suggesting romance, sex etc.

Españolsugerente, sugestivo

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@misc{suggestive_2026,
  title = {suggestive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/suggestive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}