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
• allusions
• cues
• messages
• hints
• connotations
• insinuations
• inklings
• topics
• matters
• senses
• questions
• burdens
• innuendos
• stuff
• spirits
• intentions
• contents
• subjects
• meanings
• motives
• natures
• essences
• souls
• essentialities
• intents
• imports
• nuclei
• hearts
• motifs
• kernels
• bottoms
• significances
• points
• 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

Whether the race takes place in the spring or fall, the event can have major implications in the chase for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

But what, if any, are the wider implications for this research? — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Only weeks later, alas, Hurts became another face of the cause — as the NBCA addressed with what essentially was a public-service bulletin about the implications of his situation. — Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026

The Duchess of Sussex was also concerned about the legal implications of publicly repeating unproven claims, the insider further explained. — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2026

That figure reframes dupe buying as deliberate preference rather than financial constraint, a distinction with direct implications for pricing and positioning. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Should tens of thousands of American lives have been saved as a result of decisions made about fentanyl precursors in China, the implications are massive. — J. Travis Donahoe, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026

The shifts could have profound implications for the more than $5 trillion in assets managed by family offices. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

How questions over data center investment play out has big implications for how companies and investors approach the future of energy and, by extension, climate. — Justin Worland, Time, 23 Oct. 2026