- suggestion - an idea that is suggested; "the picnic was her suggestion"
--1 is a kind of idea, thought
--1 has particulars:inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer; posthypnotic suggestion - 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:hint, intimation, breath; touch, trace, ghost; overture, advance, approach, feeler Derived forms: verb suggest3, verb suggest1 - 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
Derived forms: verb suggest2, verb suggest1 - suggestion - the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association
--5 is a kind of higher cognitive process
Derived form: verb suggest5 - hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion - the act of inducing hypnosis
--6 is a kind of influence
- suggestion, proposition, proffer - a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"