Associations to the word «Suggestion»

Wiktionary

SUGGESTION, noun. (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
SUGGESTION, noun. (uncountable) The act of suggesting.
SUGGESTION, noun. (countable) (psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
SUGGESTION BOX, noun. A receptacle with a opening in which people may place slips of paper containing suggestions for improvement, or for similar feedback
SUGGESTION BOXES, noun. Plural of suggestion box

Dictionary definition

SUGGESTION, noun. An idea that is suggested; "the picnic was her suggestion".
SUGGESTION, noun. A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse".
SUGGESTION, noun. A just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent".
SUGGESTION, noun. Persuasion formulated as a suggestion.
SUGGESTION, noun. The sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association.
SUGGESTION, noun. The act of inducing hypnosis.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn