Lead and Suggestion

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Lead noun - A piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert.

Usage example: my sister got a lead on the job opening from her neighbor, who is the human resources director for the company

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Suggestion is a synonym for lead in clue topic. In some cases you can use "Suggestion" instead a noun "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

Suggestion noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).

Usage example: if you don't want to give the suggestion that you're evading the truth, you must look your questioner in the eye

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Lead is a synonym for suggestion in advice topic. Sometimes you can use "Lead" instead a noun "Suggestion".

good	good lead	good suggestion
common	common lead	common suggestion
original	original lead	original suggestion
initial	initial lead	initial suggestion
Other adjectives: obvious, simple, romantic, strong, powerful, actual, real, slight, new, early, possible, latter, occasional, previous.

So instead of letting him live and risking utter victory just for the sake of torture, the lead zombie simply stakes him through the heart, no suggestion necessary.

Source: Bond Villain Stupidity
Non-nerd Carter is the baseball fanatic, and his suggestion of a town baseball league initially goes over like a lead balloon.

Source: Series / Eureka
This lead to the jokey suggestion that they needed a wall between him and the audience, which led to The Wall.

Source: Artist Disillusionment

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