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connotation
[kon-uh-tey-shuhn] 
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connotation
[kon-uh-tey-shuhn]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | implication |
| Synonyms: | association, coloring, essence, hint, meaning, nuance, overtone, significance, suggestion, undertone |
| Notes: | a word's denotation is its reference to the things it designates, its direct, explicit meaning; a word's connotation is things or attributes that the word brings to mind, any idea or notion suggested or associated with the word |
| Antonyms: | denotation |
| Main Entry: | association |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental connection |
| Synonyms: | bond, combination, concomitance, concordance, connotation, correlation, identification, impression, joining, juxtaposition, linkage, linking, lumping together, mixing, mixture, pairing, recollection, relation, remembrance, tie, train of thought, union |
| Antonyms: | disassociation, division, separation |
| Main Entry: | contents |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elements of larger object |
| Synonyms: | capacity, cargo, chapters, connotation, constituents, details, divisions, essence, filling, freight, furnishing, gist, guts, implication, ingredients, innards, inside, lading, load, meaning, nub, packing, shipment, significance, size, space, stuffing, subject matter, subjects, substance, sum, text, themes, topics, volume |
| Main Entry: | hint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication; suggestion |
| Synonyms: | adumbration, advice, allusion, announcement, clue, communication, connotation, denotation, evidence, flea in ear, glimmering, help, idea, implication, impression, inference, information, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, iota, lead, mention, notice, notion, observation, omen, pointer, print, reference, reminder, scent, sign, signification, smattering, suspicion, symptom, taste, telltale, tinge, tip, tip-off, token, trace, warning, whiff, whisper, wink, word to wise, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | implication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association, suggestion |
| Synonyms: | assumption, conclusion, connection, connotation, entanglement, guess, hint, hypothesis, incrimination, indication, inference, innuendo, intimation, involvement, link, meaning, overtone, presumption, ramification, reference, significance, signification, undertone, union |
| Main Entry: | meaning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | message, signification |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, allusion, bearing, bottom line, connotation, content, context, definition, denotation, drift, effect, essence, explanation, force, gist, heart*, hint, implication, import, interpretation, intimation, meat, name of the game, nature of beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nuts and bolts, pith, point, purport, sense, significance, spirit, stuff, subject, subject matter, substance, suggestion, symbolization, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overtone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | implication, hint |
| Synonyms: | association, connotation, flavor, inference, innuendo, intimation, meaning, nuance, sense, suggestion, tone, undercurrent, undertone |
| Main Entry: | purport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, implication |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, aim, bearing, burden, connotation, core, design, drift, gist, heart, idea, import, intendment, intent, intention, matter, meat, message, nub, object, objective, pith, plan, point, purpose, score, sense, significance, significancy, signification, spirit, stuff, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot |
| Main Entry: | significance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, bottom line, connotation, drift, force, heart, implication, import, intendment, kicker, meat*, message, name of the game, nature of the beast, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, point, punch line, purport, score, sense, significancy, signification, stuff, understanding |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, meaninglessness, unimportance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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