connoting

Verb

connote (third-person singular simple present connotes, present participle connoting, simple past and past participle connoted)

1. (transitive) To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
   • Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.
2. (transitive) To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.
   • Poverty connotes hunger.

   Synonyms:

   entail, imply

3. (intransitive) To express without overt reference; to imply.

   Synonyms:

   entail, imply

4. (intransitive) To require as a logical predicate to consequence.

   Synonyms:

   predicate