connote

present singular third person connotes · participle present connoting · participle past connoted · past connoted

1. transitiveTo signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.

   The word "hearth" often connotes coziness and warmth.

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   Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.

2. transitiveTo possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.

   Poverty connotes hunger.

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   Doctors should be reminded that absence of evidence does not connote a mental illness …

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   Synonyms: entail, imply

3. intransitiveTo express without overt reference; to imply.

   Synonyms: entail, imply

4. intransitiveTo require as a logical predicate to consequence.

   Synonyms: predicate