(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

plural of connotation

Of or pertaining to connotation.

simple past tense and past participle of connote

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of connotate

In a way that connotes.

simple past tense and past participle of connotate

present participle of connote

present participle of connotate

(transitive) To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning. / (transitive) To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.