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CONNOTATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does connotative mean?
• CONNOTATIVE (adjective)
The adjective CONNOTATIVE has 1 sense:
1. having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit
Familiarity information: CONNOTATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit
Similar:
connotational; connotative of (of or relating to a connotation)
implicative; suggestive (tending to suggest or imply)
inferential (derived or capable of being derived by inference)
intensional (used of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word)
Also:
implicit; inexplicit (implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something)
Antonym:
denotative (having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming)
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