suggest

Verb

• call to mind
  • this remark evoked sadness
    

• suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
  • Tetracycline is indicated in such cases
    

• imply as a possibility
  • The evidence suggests a need for more clarification
    

• drop a hint; intimate by a hint

• make a proposal, declare a plan for something
  • the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  evoke , paint a picture , indicate , intimate , hint , propose , advise