connotation
nounHow to pronounce connotation:
Definition of connotation:
- connotation (noun):
- something suggested by a word or thing implication
- an additional meaning or association implied by a word
- what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression.
Synonyms for connotation:
association
clue
colouring
content
cue
definition
denotation
drift
essence
hint
implication
import
indication
inkling
intension
intent
intention
intimation
meaning
message
nature
nuance
sense
significance
signification
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Antonyms for connotation:
declaration
demand
denotation
information
order
telling
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- elevation
- perspicuous
- recalcitrance
- cooperative
- lugubrious
- lamentation
- contrarily
- overrated
- edacity
- compunctious
- clever-clever
- belletristic
- wishy-washy
- Kozakura
- non sequitur
- equivocal
- circumspectly
- acclimatize
- hyperactive
- ignorable
- antisocial
- previously
- acoustician
- interwoven
- nomenclature
- dubiety
- Ashwathama
- verbosity
- unconfident
- atticism
- excogitate
- passivism
- pestilential
- delectation
- mannerism
- congruity
- elegiac
- overbearing
- emasculate
- desperacy
- onesimus
- beautifully
- quintessential
- affectious
- charismatic
- passionate
- melismatic
- Bodhisattva
- open dating
- examinee
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