connote

About 0.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.

   Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.

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

   Poverty connotes hunger.

3. verb To express without overt reference; to imply.
4. verb To require as a logical predicate to consequence.

Similar words

predicate imply designate mean nominate appoint connotate denote import consignify

Often followed by

the a an that any something to some different

Word family

connoted connotes connoting