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 Stopping the chant has proven hard for Mexico Initially, Mexican soccer federation officials argued that the chant wasn’t aimed at gay people and that the word had different connotations in Mexican culture, but prior to the 2018 World Cup launched social media campaigns that did not succeed. —

Carlos Rodriguez, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026 The name Book Society was deliberately chosen and carries distinct connotations of membership, belonging and community, the California company said in a statement. —

Katie Langford, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026 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

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Noun

If they do get relegated this season, the implications will be sizeable.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
But the Strait of Malacca would have much wider implications from a cargo trade standpoint, with the Ports of Singapore and Malaysia’s Tanjung Pelepas sitting at the channel’s southern entrance.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026