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 True, innumerable everyday expressions have uncomfortable connotations. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026 It was labeled a foreign agent, a designation that carries strong pejorative connotations and implies additional government scrutiny. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for connotations
  1. implications
  2. senses
  3. meanings
  4. themes
  5. hints
  6. indications
  7. suggestions
  8. definitions
Noun
  • Lionel Messi scored his MLS-leading 26th goal in the 83rd minute to lift visiting Inter Miami to a 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution on Sunday night that has major playoff seeding implications.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Over the past month, that ended, and according to Jeffrey Rosenberg, senior portfolio manager of the Systematic Alternatives ETF (IALT) at BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, the breakdown in that trade has big implications for the market.
    — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of implications
Noun
  • Thus the state never intentionally confronts a man’s sense, intellectual or moral, but only his body, his senses.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The spidey senses of a Monterey school administrator started tingling when an invoice the food services director submitted for eggs, bacon and potatoes at Costco came with an exorbitant price tag.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of senses
Noun
  • American Horror Story is a show that balances the dramatic and the hysterical in both meanings of the word.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Hooper was always the kind of director, like many of his peers, who was comfortable with referencing other movies and using those references in conversation with his own work to create new meanings.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of meanings
Noun
  • What readers are saying The conversation explores the themes of remembrance and the ways different countries honor their war dead, particularly focusing on the UK's Remembrance Day.
    — Tom Tugendhat, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026
  • That’s the appropriate way of addressing the casting choices, which broaden the interfamily conflict themes of the play without causing a shift in focus or a reinterpretation.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of themes
Noun
  • Dylan Carden, an equity analyst for William Blair, wrote in a note published Friday that Under Armour’s results give few hints as to when a recovery could be expected for the company.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • And as the show has gone on, the actor has found layers to play, including hints of a kind of existential melancholy.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of hints
Noun
  • Marcin Kierwiński, Poland's interior minister, said there were indications the suspect was fascinated by far-right ideology, according to Reuters.
    — Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Monday there were indications the jet was breaking apart before the fiery wreck and that investigators were zeroing in on weather conditions being a major factor in the incident.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of indications
Noun
  • This isn’t the place to try to engage staffers in meandering conversations, but all are friendly and quick to share menu suggestions for curious diners.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Add a label or note to the jar with the jam name or ingredients and storage instructions, along with any serving suggestions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of suggestions
Noun
  • Hold your prompts, tool definitions, retrieval rules, and settings as provider-neutral configuration, with verification tests that prove behavior still works after a swap.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Riel Karmy-Jones, the prosecution barrister, accused Brand of retrofitting his definitions to fit his evidence.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026
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