Intimate
Intimate verb - To convey an idea indirectly.
Usage example: trying to intimate that there was more going on than anyone knew
Suggest is a synonym for intimate in speech topic. In some cases you can use "Suggest" instead a verb "Intimate", when it comes to topics like mean, show, imply, insinuate. popular alternative
Suggest
Suggest verb - To convey an idea indirectly.
Usage example: this letter suggests that there's more going on than she's telling us
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Ship Tease: The writing goes to some lengths to show that Lyra and Bon Bon aren't actually a couple (they only call themselves friends), but the phrase is repeated with such regularity that, coupled with their rather intimate glances, it would seem to suggest otherwise.
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While he has shown quite the appetite for the lady folk, there has been more than one instance to suggest he wouldn't mind the intimate company of a fellow Y chromosomer as well.
Source: Series / The Office (US) - Irony: While the innuendo in the game is turned Up to Eleven the actual Classmating process simply involves the hero and heroine joining hands and focusing their thoughts on each other (although later cutscenes suggest other slightly more intimate contact such as head-patting).
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