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suffrage n. (right to) vote, voting right(s), franchise, voice, say,<br />

ballot, option, choice: They campaigned for universal adult<br />

suffrage.<br />

suffuse v. overspread, imbue, pour or spread over, bathe, cover,<br />

permeate, pervade, flood, flush, penetrate, saturate, mantle,<br />

infuse, transfuse, imbrue or embrue: A rosy glow suffused her<br />

face.<br />

suggest v. 1 propose, advance, recommend, urge, advocate, support,<br />

offer, proffer, put or set forward, present, mention, introduce:<br />

He suggested going out to a pub for dinner. Can you suggest an<br />

alternative? 2 call to mind, bring up, hint (at), imply,<br />

insinuate, intimate, make one think, lead one to believe,<br />

indicate: His silence suggested that this was not the right<br />

time to pursue the matter.<br />

suggestible<br />

adj. impressionable, susceptible, receptive, impressible,<br />

susceptive, open, mouldable, fictile: Patricia was very<br />

suggestible at that age and readily believed everything that she<br />

was told.<br />

suggestion<br />

n. 1 proposal, proposition, recommendation, plan, advice,<br />

counsel, idea, notion, opinion; prompting, urging: The<br />

committee rejected your suggestion that membership fees should<br />

be increased. 2 indication, trace, whisper, insinuation,<br />

innuendo, implication, intimation, hint, soup‡on, touch, tinge,<br />

suspicion, breath, iota, jot or tittle: There wasn't the<br />

slightest suggestion of animosity in her criticism.<br />

suggestive<br />

adj. 1 Often, suggestive of. reminiscent (of), evocative (of),<br />

indicative (of): To me, the smell of orange blossom is always<br />

suggestive of southern California. 2 provocative, naughty,<br />

risqu‚, ribald, off colour, racy, bawdy, earthy, lusty, rude,<br />

indelicate, unseemly, immodest, improper, indecent, prurient,<br />

blue, offensive, vulgar, smutty, dirty, pornographic, lewd,<br />

salacious, Colloq sexy, spicy, Slang raunchy: He used to sing<br />

his suggestive songs in night clubs.

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