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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suggestion, whisper |
| Synonyms: | association, atmosphere, buzz, connotation, feeling, flavor, hint, hum, implication, low tone, mumble, murmur, mutter, overtone, rumor, tinge, touch, trace, undercurrent |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pigment, shade |
| Synonyms: | blush, cast, chroma, chromaticity, chromatism, chromism, colorant, coloration, coloring, complexion, dye, glow, hue, intensity, iridescence, luminosity, paint, pigmentation, polychromasia, saturation, stain, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, undertone, value, wash |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color |
| Main Entry: | connotation |
| 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: | 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: | murmur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | low, continuous sound |
| Synonyms: | babble, buzz, buzzing, drone, grumble, hum, humming, mumble, murmuration, mutter, muttering, purr, rumble, rumor, susurration, undertone, whisper, whispering |
| 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: | suggestion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hint, implication |
| Synonyms: | allusion, association, autosuggestion, breath, clue, connotation, cue, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, notion, overtone, reminder, self-suggestion, shade, signification, smack, soupçon, strain, suspicion, symbol, symbolism, symbolization, symbology, telltale, thought, tinge, trace, undertone, vein, whisper, wind |
| Main Entry: | undercurrent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drift, pull |
| Synonyms: | atmosphere, aura, crosscurrent, direction, eddy, feeling, flavor, hint, inclination, indication, insinuation, intimation, murmur, overtone, propensity, riptide, sense, suggestion, tendency, tenor, tinge, trace, trend, underflow, undertone, undertow, vibes, vibrations |
| Main Entry: | whisper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rumor; information expressed in soft voice |
| Synonyms: | buzz*, confidence, disclosure, divulgence, gossip, hint, hum, hushed tone, innuendo, insinuation, low voice, mumble, murmur, mutter, report, secret, secret message, sigh, sighing, susurration, undertone, word |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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