What does suggestive mean?

Definitions for suggestive
səgˈdʒɛs tɪv, sə-sug·ges·tive

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. implicative, suggestiveadjective

    tending to suggest or imply

    "artifacts suggestive of an ancient society"; "an implicative statement"

  2. indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestiveadjective

    (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly

    "actions indicative of fear"

  3. suggestiveadjective

    tending to suggest something improper or indecent

    "a suggestive nod"; "suggestive poses"

Wiktionary

  1. suggestiveadjective

    Tending to suggest or imply.

    The painting is abstract, but the colors are suggestive of fruit or the Mediterranean.

  2. suggestiveadjective

    Suggesting romance, sex, etc.

    She crossed her legs and shot him a suggestive smile.

ChatGPT

  1. suggestive

    Suggestive refers to something that indirectly implies or indicates a particular idea, thought or course of action. It can be used in the context of subtle or indirect hints, or in some cases, it may refer to something that provokes sexual, erotic sentiments, innuendos or connotations.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Suggestiveadjective

    containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of suggestive in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of suggestive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of suggestive in a Sentence

  1. Robert Fromm:

    This patient's symptoms and presentation aren't strongly suggestive of the Ebola disease, given his presentation, I would not be surprised if he actually was discharged back home following his additional evaluation.

  2. Linda Cope:

    People were urinating off the balconies, throwing up in the elevators, making suggestive and sexual comments about veterans with their service dogs and derogatory and suggestive comments about their wives.

  3. Michelle Lee Flores:

    AI services in the workplace already can analyze workers’ e-mails to determine if they feel unhappy about their job, in the same way, AI can use the data-analysis technology (such as data monitoring) to determine if sexually suggestive communications are being sent.

  4. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee:

    This is suggestive that some of the things we're doing together is having some very modest improvement. The things we did two weeks ago are now appearing in our hospitals.

  5. Chris Stantis:

    The most elite had equids of some sort (potentially donkeys) buried outside the tombs, often in pairs as though ready to pull a chariot. This is both a foreign characteristic of burial style, but also suggestive of someone [with] very high status.

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