Thesaurus results for CONNOTATIONS

connotations

noun

plural of connotation

as in implications

an idea or quality that is suggested by a word or thing a word with positive connotations The word "childlike" has connotations of innocence.

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Recent Examples of connotations While stained glass does have a residential history—Frank Lloyd Wright in particular was known for incorporating art glass in projects—these colorful windows most often have religious connotations. — Kelsey Mulvey, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2026 Preppy staples with athletic connotations will be in heavy rotation. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026 By the 2004 campaign, the vocabulary was everywhere, carrying connotations that nobody had assigned it on purpose. — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026 But, of course, an airport carries fewer negative connotations than Tennessee’s eternally controversial state legislature. — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 These positive connotations associated with scientific research help the AI industry signal altruism while downplaying their profit-making ambitions. — Matthew Sun, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026 But Canada is just far enough away to be a legitimate escape, while also carrying a host of related connotations. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026 By this time, regular yogurt had no connotations of foreignness. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 11 Aug. 2026 The way words are perceived can change too, with connotations morphing from negative to positive. — Kirk McClure, Fortune, 14 July 2026

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Noun

Houston travels to Utah on Saturday for a huge matchup with playoff implications.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
For coastal communities, the implications extend beyond Antarctica.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of implications

Noun

Inside a training apartment on-site, specialists taught Darnes how to navigate daily life using touch, sound, bump dots, and his remaining senses.

— La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Each step sends a ripple through the spongy, thin mat, a slow undulating motion beneath your feet that surprises the senses, disorienting yet simultaneously strangely delightful.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of senses

Noun

As the South has become more and more industrialized over the past half-century, these social meanings associated with the accent’s use now highlight a disconnect between its new urban vibe and its older, traditional rural one.

— Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
The museum acknowledges its reputation as a freak show and, in response, doubles down on the meanings of curiosity.

— Daniel Barnum, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of meanings

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Notably, this is the first book in the TOG series to drop the YA approach for more adult themes.

— Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2026
So many themes related to the Tylenol poisonings seemed to emerge as Cooper investigated Betkowski’s life, but no direct evidence materialized to link him to the crime or place him in Chicago during the time of the poisonings.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of themes

Noun

Next to each reading is a question mark icon that, when pressed, offers basic definitions for the reading.

— John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026
As agents accumulate conversation history, retrieved documents, memory, system instructions, tool definitions and execution state, interactions can progressively become larger and more expensive.

— Pritam Debnath, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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