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Connotative

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adj. That implies or suggests something else.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Implying something additional; illative.

adj. Implying an attribute. See Connote.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Having the quality of connoting; implying an attribute while denoting a subject: applied to any term which connotates or connotes anything, In whatever sense those verbs may be used.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit

Word Usage

"The label connotative is inserted to indicate those words and meanings that come from a source other than the name in the headword but are nonetheless closely associated with it."

Equivalent

connotative of connotational suggestive intensional implicative

Cross Reference

connotative being

Variant

connote

Form

connotatively

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

illative

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

picture-making observation anglicized retrogressive quotable