Reference
Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.
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Synonyms for Reference
Suggestion and reference are semantically related in testimonial topic. In some cases you can use "Suggestion" instead a noun "Reference".
Suggestion
Suggestion noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).
Reference and suggestion are semantically related in testimonial topic. Sometimes you can use "Reference" instead a noun "Suggestion".
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Related pairs
- inference and reference
- inference and suggestion
- association and reference
- association and suggestion
- direction and reference
- direction and suggestion
- note and reference
- note and suggestion
- guidance and reference
- guidance and suggestion
- hint and reference
- hint and suggestion
- indication and reference
- indication and suggestion
How words are described
| good | good reference | good suggestion |
| common | common reference | common suggestion |
| original | original reference | original suggestion |
| obvious | obvious reference | obvious suggestion |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, slight, subtle, early, vague, frequent, possible, implied, veiled, odd, last, occasional, earlier. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- During a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything session, Phil canonized a suggestion conflating an amusing operatic-staging reference with the Castle Heterodyne-generated mechanical thorn wall - 'It is now.'
Source: Ascended Fanon -
The first is when the villainess asks whether the Doctor "paid [her] to speak," which could be either a servitude reference or merely an implied suggestion that she thinks Rosita is a prostitute.
Source: Black Vikings -
Trish's suggestion for a superhero identity for Jessica, which Jessica flatly rejects as absurd, is a reference to Jessica's time as Jewel in the comics, which would really clash with the show's tone.
Source: Series / Jessica Jones
Cite this Source
Suggestion and Reference. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/reference/suggestion
Reference & Suggestion. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/reference/suggestion>.
Suggestion or Reference. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/reference/suggestion.
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