suggestive
Tending to suggest or imply.
Example
“The painting is abstract, but the colors are suggestive of fruit or the Mediterranean.”
Other meanings
Suggesting romance, sex, etc.; risqué.
“She crossed her legs and shot him a suggestive smile.”
Relating to hypnotic suggestion.
Related words
- autosuggestive
- hypersuggestive
- nonsuggestive
- suggestiveness
- unsuggestive
- suggestively
- desuggestive
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “suggestive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.