Command
Command noun - A statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned.
Usage example: the captain's commands were followed without question
Suggestion is an antonym for command.
Suggestion
Suggestion noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).
Command is an antonym for suggestion.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Likewise, in Starship Troopers Johnny Rico is put to sleep by a post-hypnotic suggestion command phrase without even realizing it.
Source: Hypno Fool - In the on-line animation for the Vahki Zadakh, the design of their staffs (Staff of Suggestion) changes to the type carried by the Vahki Nuurakh (Staff of Command), when the Zadakh are shown from afar.
Source: Off Model / Web Original
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Suggestion and Command. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/command/suggestion
Command & Suggestion. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/command/suggestion>.
Suggestion or Command. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/command/suggestion.
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