'Connotative' definitions:
Definition of 'connotative'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit [ant: denotative, denotive]
Definition of 'Connotative'
From: GCIDE
- Connotative \Con*no"ta*tive\ (k[o^]n*n[=o]"t[.a]*t[i^]v or k[o^]n"n[-o]*t[asl]*t[i^]v), a.
- 1. Implying something additional; illative. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Log.) Implying an attribute. See Connote. [1913 Webster]
- Connotative term, one which denotes a subject and implies an attribute. --J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'connotative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allegorical,
- associational,
- connotational,
- definable,
- demonstrative,
- denominative,
- denotational,
- denotative,
- designative,
- diagnostic,
- emblematic,
- evidential,
- exhibitive,
- expressive,
- extended,
- extensional,
- figural,
- figurative,
- full of meaning,
- full of point,
- full of substance,
- identifying,
- ideographic,
- idiosyncratic,
- implicative,
- indicating,
- indicative,
- indicatory,
- individual,
- intelligible,
- intensional,
- interpretable,
- meaning,
- meaningful,
- meaty,
- metaphorical,
- naming,
- pathognomonic,
- peculiar,
- pithy,
- pointed,
- pregnant,
- readable,
- referential,
- representative,
- semantic,
- semiotic,
- sententious,
- signalizing,
- significant,
- significative,
- signifying,
- substantial,
- suggestive,
- symbolic,
- symbolistic,
- symbological,
- symptomatic,
- symptomatologic,
- transferred,
- typical