'connote' definitions:
Definition of 'connote'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'connote'
From: GCIDE
- connote \con*note"\ (k[o^]n*n[=o]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. connoted; p. pr. & vb. n. connoting.] [See connotate, and cote.]
- 1. To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply. [1913 Webster]
- Good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Logic) To imply as an attribute. [1913 Webster]
- The word "white" denotes all white things, as snow, paper, the foam of the sea, etc., and ipmlies, or as it was termed by the schoolmen, connotes, the attribute "whiteness." --J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'connote'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- add up to,
- allegorize,
- allude to,
- approve,
- argue,
- assume,
- attest,
- be construed as,
- be indicative of,
- be significant of,
- be symptomatic of,
- bespeak,
- betoken,
- breathe,
- bring to mind,
- characterize,
- demonstrate,
- denominate,
- denote,
- differentiate,
- disclose,
- display,
- entail,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exhibit,
- express,
- furnish evidence,
- give evidence,
- give indication of,
- give token,
- go to show,
- highlight,
- hint,
- identify,
- illustrate,
- implicate,
- imply,
- import,
- indicate,
- infer,
- insinuate,
- intend,
- intimate,
- involve,
- manifest,
- mark,
- mean,
- mean to say,
- note,
- point indirectly to,
- point to,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- refer to,
- reveal,
- set forth,
- show,
- show signs of,
- signalize,
- signify,
- speak for itself,
- speak volumes,
- spell,
- stand for,
- suggest,
- suppose,
- symbolize,
- symptomatize,
- symptomize,
- take for granted,
- tell,
- tend to show,
- testify