Denotative

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Denoting or naming; designative.
  • adj. Specific or direct: denotative and connotative meanings.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. That denotes or names; designative
  • adj. Specific to the primary meaning of a term
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having power to denote; designating or marking off.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having power to denote.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
  • adj. having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
  • Equivalent
    literal    referential    naming    referent    designative