Synonyms and Antonyms of suggestive
1
hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent
- making unwelcome suggestive remarks to a subordinate will be regarded as sexual harassment
bawdy, blue, gamy (or gamey), lewd, off, off-color (or off-colored), racy, ribald, risqué, salty, spicy
leering
barnyard, coarse, coarse-grained, crude, earthy, foul, gross, vulgar
dirty, filthy, gutter, indecent, lascivious, locker-room, nasty, obscene, pornographic, porny, prurient, raunchy, smutty, stag, unprintable, unpublishable, warm, X-rated
immodest, indecorous, indelicate, naughty
clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene
innocuous, inoffensive
priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian
correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly
2
provoking a memory or mental association
- a haunting and suggestive song about a long-lost love
eloquent, expressive, meaningful, pregnant, revealing, significant
affecting, emotional, impressive, moving, poignant, stirring, touching
exciting, provocative, provoking, rousing, stimulating
3
clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood)
- the dog's aggressive behavior is suggestive of some past mistreatment
