CONNOTATIONS Synonyms

• a formal organization of people or groups of people

• the act of consorting with or joining with others

• the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

• a social or business relationship

• a relation resulting from interaction or dependence

• (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

• (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species

• something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

• a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

• an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection

• a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false

• a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)

• the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation

• the message that is intended or expressed or signified

• the idea that is intended

• rich in significance or implication

• a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

• (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality

• a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

• an idea that is suggested

• a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

• a just detectable amount

• persuasion formulated as a suggestion

• the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association

• the act of inducing hypnosis

• a quiet or hushed tone of voice

• a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning

• a pale or subdued color

• what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression