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 Robert Orsi, a professor of religious studies and history at Northwestern University, said he was alarmed by the post's connotations. —

Ava Berger, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026 These two are spectacular players with historic connotations. —

Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026 For many of us, pink comes with youthful connotations. —

Minty Mellon, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2026 While being essential tools, knives and axes have violent connotations, suggesting a history of violence and seve- rance. —

Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026 No image more so than Smith’s Invisible Hand, with its spooky, occult, and gothic connotations that strike me as precisely appropriate. —

Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026 But even as residents and visitors celebrated the Year of the Fire Horse, many were also celebrating a local who seemed to exemplify the symbol’s connotations of strength, speed and momentum — Olympian Alysa Liu. —

Christian Leonard, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2026 In this way, the bro construction exploits the vaguely negative connotations attached to masculinity in order to tar something else with the same brush. —

Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026 Here, however, the connotations of an overeager creator whose outsized intentions come crashing down to earth seem accidental. —

Eric Kohn, IndieWire, 25 Feb. 2026

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Noun

That will have big implications on the hail and tornado threat with these storms, Shafer said.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2026
The decision could have broad implications in one of the nation’s most prominent battleground states, which will have several high-profile races this fall.

— Josh Kelety, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026