(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.

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

To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional or representative; to imply.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of connote

that implies or suggests something else

In a way that connotes.

present participle of connote

simple past tense and past participle of connote