Synonyms for connotation
ˌkɒn əˈteɪ ʃəncon·no·ta·tion

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1. connotationnoun

   Synonyms:
   intension

   Antonyms:
   denotation

2. connotationnoun

   A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

   The connotations of the phrase you are a dog are that you are physically unattractive or morally reprehensible, not that you are a canine.

   Synonyms:
   intension

   Antonyms:
   denotation

3. connotationnoun

   A technical term in logic used by J. S. Mill and later logicians to refer to the attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, and contrasted with denotation.

   The two expressions the morning star and the evening star have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).

   Synonyms:
   intension

   Antonyms:
   denotation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. intension, connotationnoun

   what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression

   Synonyms:
   intension

2. connotationnoun

   an idea that is implied or suggested

   Synonyms:
   intension

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1. List of paraphrases for "connotation":

   meaning, subtext, content

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1. National Park Service:

   With this particular flag, the connotation is that because it represents the Confederacy that fought on the side of succession and slavery it can be viewed as a racist symbol.

2. Jill Dictrow:

   I think sex has a bad connotation for two reasons. On the religious aspect, some people feel that they are not supposed to be giving their virginity away, and I think porn unfortunately has given sex a sort of degrading factor….

3. Lois Greenfield:

   He was basically juxtaposing pictures that seemed to tell a story when put side by side, either one dancer's movement led into the other picture or maybe there was a relationship between the dancers' shapes. ... He had a design strategy of pairing images that became very exciting, because the connotation of (one) picture could be expanded by the juxtaposition to another picture.

4. The Trinidad-born rapper:

   It's hard to ridicule somebody for something that you continue to use in your music, every (hip-hop) artist is using the n-word in their music -- hit records with the n-word in it. You can't be upset when somebody says it. You can't. It's hard to differentiate when you can use it. If we don't want the word used and the word holds such a negative connotation, then we shouldn't use it at all, period.

5. Les Stroud:

   If I ’m being very honest, it did take on a much deeper connotation for me, for me it has been 15 years of ‘ Survivorman ’ and so to have Logan with me after what we had just been through, barely 18 months ago, it creates something so impactful, something more meaningful to me. Stroud was happy to share his passions with his son, but at times, the experience was stressful. I ’m out here doing what I ’m really good at, but I have my son with me, which creates a whole other level of stress, and on top of it I am then rewarded with the fact that this is my son in full survival mode in all definitions of that phrase. And so it became a very meaningful experience to be out there with him.