connote
verb
1 connote
Express or state indirectly.
synonym: imply.
Roget 550:
indicate;
be the sign
etc.
n..
of;
denote,
betoken;
argue,
testify
etc.
(evidence)
467;
bear the impress
etc.
n..
of;
connote,
connotate†.
represent,
stand for;
typify
etc.
(prefigure)
511;
symbolize.
put an indication,
put a mark
etc.
n.;
note,
mark,
stamp,
earmark;
blaze;
label,
ticket,
docket;
dot,
spot,
score,
dash,
trace,
chalk;
print;
imprint,
impress;
engrave,
stereotype.
make a sign
etc.
n..
signalize;
underscore;
give a signal,
hang out a signal;
beckon;
nod;
wink,
glance,
leer,
nudge,
shrug,
tip the wink;
gesticulate;
raise the finger,
hold up the finger,
raise the hand,
hold up the hand;
saw the air,
suit the action to the word"
[Hamlet].
wave a banner,
unfurl a banner,
hoist a banner,
hang out a banner
etc.
n.;
wave the hand,
wave a kerchief;
give the cue
etc.
(inform)
527;
show one's colors;
give an alarm,
sound an alarm;
beat the drum,
sound the trumpets,
raise a cry.
sign,
seal,
attest
etc.
(evidence)
467;
underline
etc.
(give importance to)
642;
call attention to
etc.
(attention)
457;
give notice
etc.
(inform)
527.
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2 connote
Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic.
synonym: predicate.
Moby thesaurus: add up to, allegorize, allude to, approve, argue, assume, attest, be construed as, be indicative of, be significant of, be symptomatic of, bespeak, betoken, breathe, bring to mind, characterize, demonstrate, denominate, denote, differentiate, disclose, display, entail, evidence, evince, exhibit, express, furnish evidence, give evidence, give indication of, give token, go to show, highlight, hint, identify, illustrate, implicate, imply, import, indicate, infer, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, manifest, mark, mean, mean to say, note, point indirectly to, point to, presume, presuppose, refer to, reveal, set forth, show, show signs of, signalize, signify, speak for itself, speak volumes, spell, stand for, suggest, suppose, symbolize, symptomatize, symptomize, take for granted, tell, tend to show, testify ... show more.
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