suggestive
adjective
sug·ges·tive
səg-ˈje-stiv 
sə-ˈje-
1
a
: giving a suggestion : indicative
suggestive of a past era
b
: full of suggestions : stimulating thought
provided a suggestive … commentary on the era—
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c
: stirring mental associations : evocative
2
: suggesting or tending to suggest something improper or indecent : risqué
suggestively
adverb
suggestiveness
noun
Examples of suggestive in a Sentence
making unwelcome suggestive remarks to a subordinate will be regarded as sexual harassment
a haunting and suggestive song about a long-lost love
Recent Examples on the Web
The latest: Photos and videos posted to Facebook, Reddit and other sites showed the Patriots Place sign displaying non-explicit cartoon images of anthropomorphic dogs, a cat and one very suggestive purple wolf on a rainbow background.
—Mike Deehan, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
However, both workers had shown symptoms suggestive of infection, the study said.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
In classic Madonna style, the 66-year-old pop superstar hinted at suggestive poses while wearing a Burberry trench coat over a pink slip dress, fishnet gloves, thigh-high sheer tights and stilettos.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Even the film’s basic exposition, showing Anna working in Klaus’s household and receiving her fateful instructions from Hansen, is richly suggestive of the turmoil vibrating beneath the orderly domestic surface.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
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Mike Deehan, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
However, both workers had shown symptoms suggestive of infection, the study said.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
In classic Madonna style, the 66-year-old pop superstar hinted at suggestive poses while wearing a Burberry trench coat over a pink slip dress, fishnet gloves, thigh-high sheer tights and stilettos.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Even the film’s basic exposition, showing Anna working in Klaus’s household and receiving her fateful instructions from Hansen, is richly suggestive of the turmoil vibrating beneath the orderly domestic surface.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for suggestive
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“Suggestive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suggestive. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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suggestive
adjective
sug·ges·tive
sə(g)-ˈjes-tiv
1
a
: giving a suggestion : indicative
suggestive of a past era
b
: full of suggestions : stimulating thought
c
: stirring mental associations
2
: suggesting something improper or indecent
suggestively
adverb
suggestiveness
noun
Medical Definition
suggestive
adjective
sug·ges·tive
sə(g)-ˈjes-tiv
1
: serving to indicate
a butterfly-shaped red rash … is highly suggestive of the disease—S. E. Goldfinger et al.
S. E. Goldfinger et al.2
: tending to act like or have the effect of suggestion
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