Definition of Suggestive

1. Adjective. Tending to suggest or imply. "An implicative statement"

Exact synonyms: Implicative
Similar to: Connotative
Derivative terms: Imply, Imply, Imply, Suggest

2. Adjective. (usually followed by 'of') pointing out or revealing clearly. "Actions indicative of fear"
Exact synonyms: Indicative, Indicatory, Revelatory, Significative
Similar to: Revealing
Derivative terms: Indicate, Indicate, Indicate, Suggest

3. Adjective. Tending to suggest something improper or indecent. "Suggestive poses"
Similar to: Indecent

Definition of Suggestive

1. a. Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation.

Definition of Suggestive

1. Adjective. Tending to suggest or imply. ¹

2. Adjective. Suggesting romance, sex, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suggestive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suggestive

sugescent
suggest
suggested
suggester
suggesters
suggestibilities
suggestibility
suggestible
suggesting
suggestingly
suggestio falsi
suggestion
suggestion box
suggestion boxes
suggestions
suggestive of(p)
suggestively
suggestiveness
suggestment
suggestments
suggestopedic
suggestress
suggestresses
suggests
suggilate
suggilated
suggillate
suggillated
suggillates

Literary usage of Suggestive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1900)
"Suggestive AND CRITICAL NOTES When, in the early times, the curtain was drawn aside for the first performance of The Merchant of Venice, the "groundlings ..."

2. Mind (1902)
"Above all, it is serene and hopeful, and from beginning to end is suggestive of Cloth and Gold, $1.25, Post-paid. Issued and for sale by THE ALLIANCE ..."

3. The Teaching of Civics by Mabel Hill (1914)
"THE FUNCTION OF THE Suggestive LESSONS PRESENTED THE aim of this manual is to ... The suggestive lessons are meant to create an intelligent interest in the ..."

4. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"Suggestive QUESTIONS. The following list of questions is given to show something of the kind of information with which the student should be furnished. ..."

5. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1905)
"SYMPTOMS Suggestive OF CONGENITAL SYPHILIS. tissues; dead bone could not be felt with a probe, nor was any noticeable in the discharge. ..."

6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"F./ÍI and-me Street PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA A Suggestive LIST OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS FOR A SMALL LIBRARY COMPILED BY HELEN THERESA KENNEDY 483 titles for ..."

7. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(a) General Symptoms Suggestive of Intracranial Growths The general symptoms of intracranial growth include: 1. Choked disk (90 per cent of cases). 2. ..."

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