Need another word that means the same as “suggestive”? Find 30 synonyms and 30 related words for “suggestive” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Suggestive” are: implicative, indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, redolent, evocative, reminiscent, indecent, indelicate, improper, unseemly, titillating, provocative, sexual, sexy, off colour, smutty, dirty, ribald, bawdy, racy, blue, risqué, juicy, lewd, vulgar, coarse, salacious, prurient
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “suggestive” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| blue | Of a person s skin having turned blue as a result of cold or breathing difficulties. A blue flame. |
| coarse | Relating to the sport of angling for coarse fish. A coarse woollen cloth. |
| evocative | Serving to bring to mind- Wilder Hobson. The building s cramped interiors are highly evocative of past centuries. |
| implicative | Tending to suggest or imply. An implicative proposition. |
| improper | Not in accordance with accepted standards, especially of morality or honesty. The improper use of public funds. |
| indecent | Offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters. Indecent acts. |
| indelicate | In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent. Forgive me asking an indelicate question but how are you off for money. |
| indicative | Pointing out or revealing clearly. Actions indicative of fear. |
| indicatory | (usually followed by `of’) pointing out or revealing clearly. |
| juicy | (of food) full of juice; succulent. A juicy scandal. |
| lewd | Crude and offensive in a sexual way. She began to gyrate to the music and sing a lewd song. |
| off colour | Not performing or scheduled for duties. |
| provocative | Intended or intending to arouse sexual desire or interest. A provocative remark. |
| prurient | Characterized by lust. She d been the subject of much prurient curiosity. |
| redolent | (used with `of’ or `with’) noticeably odorous. The hall was redolent of floor wax. |
| reminiscent | Suggesting something by resemblance. Her expression was wistful and reminiscent. |
| revelatory | (usually followed by `of’) pointing out or revealing clearly. A revelatory experience. |
| ribald | Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way. A ribald comment. |
| risqué | Suggestive of sexual impropriety. |
| salacious | Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness. Salacious limericks. |
| significative | (usually followed by `of’) pointing out or revealing clearly. |
| titillating | Exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements. She let slip titillating details about her clients. |
| unseemly | Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society. An unseemly squabble. |
| adjective | Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective. Adjective law. |
| adverb | A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective verb or other adverb or a word group expressing a relation of place time circumstance manner cause degree etc e g gently quite then there. |
| append | Add (something) to the end of a written document. He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language. |
| aromatic | An aromatic compound. A massage with aromatic oils. |
| communication | The field of study concerned with the transmission of information. Satellite communications. |
| conjunction | The grammatical relation between linguistic units words or phrases or clauses that are connected by a conjunction. The conjunctions and oppositions of the planets. |
| declarative | A declarative sentence or phrase. Declarative statements. |
| derivative | The result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx. Equity based derivative products. |
| disclose | Disclose to view as by removing a cover. The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set. |
| disclosed | Made known (especially something secret or concealed. The disclosed purpose of their wicked plan. |
| evocative | Serving to bring to mind- Wilder Hobson. The building s cramped interiors are highly evocative of past centuries. |
| fragrant | Having a pleasant or sweet smell. She gathered the fragrant blooms. |
| indicative | A verb in the indicative mood. Indicative mood. |
| inflect | Of a word or language undergo inflection. Blues inflected bar rock. |
| noun | A word other than a pronoun used to identify any of a class of people places or things common noun or to name a particular one of these proper noun. |
| odoriferous | Having or giving off a smell, especially an unpleasant one. An odoriferous pile of fish. |
| odorous | Having a natural fragrance. Odorous jasmine flowers. |
| participle | A word formed from a verb e g going gone being been and used as an adjective e g working woman burnt toast or a noun e g good breeding In English participles are also used to make compound verb forms e g is going has been. |
| predicate | Logic what is predicated of the subject of a proposition the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula. A word which predicates something about its subject. |
| prefix | Add something at the beginning as a prefix or introduction. All three digit numbers will now be prefixed by 580. |
| pronoun | A function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase. |
| redolent | Serving to bring to mind. A campaign redolent of machine politics. |
| related | Connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage. Sleeping sickness and related diseases. |
| reminiscent | Suggesting something by resemblance. Her robes were vaguely reminiscent of military dress. |
| resonant | Serving to bring to mind- Wilder Hobson. The sound of these instruments played in a resonant room is unforgettable. |
| revealing | (of an item of clothing) allowing more of the wearer’s body to be seen than is usual. A revealing glance. |
| suffix | Attach a suffix to. Suffix words. |
| telltale | Disclosing unintentionally. A telltale panel of lights. |
| verb | Use a word that is not conventionally used as a verb typically a noun as a verb. Any English noun can be verbed but some are more resistant than others. |
| word | A word is a string of bits stored in computer memory. He forgot the password. |
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