as in implication
an idea or quality that is suggested by a word or thing
a word with positive connotations The word "childlike" has connotations of innocence.
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Quite a few names have switched gender connotations or become completely gender-neutral at some point in their long histories.
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Stephanie Kasulka, Parents, 7 Feb. 2025
Besides the ugly racial connotations of slotting it in Best Urban Contemporary Album, the Academy didn’t acknowledge the album’s breadth of rock, country, and hip-hop influences.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
A lot of times, being a mama’s boy has a negative connotation.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
And just the negative connotations that came behind it.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2025
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Stephanie Kasulka, Parents, 7 Feb. 2025
Besides the ugly racial connotations of slotting it in Best Urban Contemporary Album, the Academy didn’t acknowledge the album’s breadth of rock, country, and hip-hop influences.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
A lot of times, being a mama’s boy has a negative connotation.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
And just the negative connotations that came behind it.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for connotation
Noun
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And the fourth is technology, not just the implications of AI, but quantum computing, synthetic biology, other emerging technologies on foreign policy, national security and international economics.—
Edward Felsenthal,
TIME,
16 Mar. 2025
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The problem has wide implications: Properties that are dramatically underassessed unfairly spread the tax burden onto everyone else.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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On the surface, this decision makes a lot of sense.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Rather than surprising the audience with the plane crash that sets off Death’s design, each iteration of the script opens with a sense of foreboding that something is wrong.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
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But like many cold cases, as with Barbara Newhall Follett, the meaning can only be realized in fiction.—
Patti Callahan Henry,
People.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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With a fervor that is another aspect of his ongoing meaning to the franchise — a legendary work ethic that remains the model.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
16 Mar. 2025
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Looking for Saturday’s Wordle hints, clues and answer?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Connections is released at midnight in your local time zone, so be sure to check back with Newsweek daily for more hints, clues and answers.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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Yet for all the drama in the newsroom, public grievances lodged by senior journalists, and relentless media coverage depicting the Post in crisis, there is little indication that Bezos is fazed.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
20 Mar. 2025
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The administration’s approach to the Ukraine war is a good indication of what the next four years are going to look like.—
Phil Terrana,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Mar. 2025
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Those types of definitions won’t apply to college athletes, some of whom will be paid by their schools.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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My therapist had my favorite definition so far—that love is the connective tissue between all of us that’s easy to forget.—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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The biggest risk with AI is trust: The capability to understand the content or suggestions that AI provides, as well as its decision process.—
Agur Jõgi,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Any suggestions besides just avoiding her? — Frustrated Daughter-in-law Dear Frustrated: Call her on it.—
R. Eric Thomas,
The Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2025
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In an effort to buck up the troops, Altemus has been communicating this message to employees over the last week.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
13 Mar. 2025
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The Associated Press left email messages seeking comment with spokespeople for Walberg, the committee and Barnard College.—
Cedar Attanasio,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Connotation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/connotation. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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