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Noun suggestion has 6 senses
- suggestion - an idea that is suggested; "the picnic was her suggestion"
--1 is a kind of idea, thought
--1 has particulars:
- suggestion, proposition, proffer - a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"
--2 is a kind of proposal
--2 has particulars:
- trace, hint, suggestion - a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
--3 is a kind of small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
--3 has particulars: spark
- suggestion, prompting - persuasion formulated as a suggestion
--4 is a kind of persuasion, suasion
- suggestion - the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association
--5 is a kind of higher cognitive process
- hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion - the act of inducing hypnosis
--6 is a kind of influence
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