Synonyms of implications

implications

noun

plural of implication

1

as in suggestions

an idea that is conveyed often indirectly

He took issue with the implication that he could not be trusted with the assignment.

Related Words

• suggestions
• inferences
• indications
• clues
• intimations
• messages
• allusions
• cues
• hints
• connotations
• insinuations
• inklings
• topics
• senses
• matters
• questions
• burdens
• innuendos
• stuff
• contents
• spirits
• intentions
• subjects
• meanings
• motives
• natures
• essences
• souls
• essentialities
• intents
• imports
• nuclei
• hearts
• motifs
• points
• kernels
• significances
• bottoms
• cruxes
• cores
• gists
• denotations
• piths
• drifts
• significations
• purports
• marrows
• nubs
• quicks

2

as in ramifications

a future condition or occurrence traceable to a cause

They were concerned with the possible implications of the new legislation.

Related Words

• ramifications
• effects
• consequences
• outcomes
• repercussions
• echoes
• results
• fallouts
• denouements
• side effects
• developments
• issues
• resultants
• aftershocks
• by-products
• fates
• products
• offshoots
• aftereffects
• aftermaths
• corollaries
• afterclaps
• precipitates
• fruits
• conclusions
• ripples
• afterglows
• children
• blowbacks
• sequels
• spin-offs
• sequences
• outgrowths
• upshots
• backwashes

Dissimilar Words

• factors
• considerations
• determinants
• grounds
• foundations
• bases
• bases
• incentives
• stimuli
• sources
• origins
• reasons
• mothers
• causes
• roots
• springs
• antecedents
• groundworks
• inspirations
• impetuses
• occasions
• instigations
• causations

3

as in allegations

a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person

Employees were shocked by the implication of the company's CEO in the crime.

Related Words

• allegations
• accusations
• indictments
• pleas
• countercharges
• criminations
• condemnations
• impeachments
• denunciations
• counteraccusations
• censures
• counts
• recriminations
• charges
• complaints
• arraignments
• raps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of implications

All that has significant implications for the companies that build data centers and the governments that want them to be built. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026

And the factors pushing people out of the labor force have implications beyond workers paying for everyday essentials, including stunting career trajectories and impacting long-term retirement savings. — Sarah Jackson jennifer Liu, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026

How the agency rules on the experimental vaccine made by Moderna has big implications for the future of mRNA research. — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026

Political operatives say the implications could extend well beyond San Francisco. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026

States still have a few procedural tricks that could delay the work requirements, but read Anil Oza’s story for a full breakdown of this consequential verdict and its larger implications. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 31 July 2026

Chronic stress has implications for general health too, and can cause inflammatory and autoimmune symptoms. — Erin Clabough, The Conversation, 31 July 2026

Any further additions would cement the Tigers as firmly over the $244 million luxury tax threshold, which has important implications. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 26 July 2026

The implications were simply so dreadful that the officials just gave up. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026