connote

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: con=note

CIDE DICTIONARY

connote, v. t. [See connotate, and cote.].

•  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."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.”"  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

connote, v.tr.
1 (of a word etc.) imply in addition to the literal or primary meaning.
2 (of a fact) imply as a consequence or condition.
3 mean, signify.

Derivative

connotative adj.

Etymology

med.L connotare mark in addition (as com-, notare f. nota mark)

THESAURUS

connote

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

ROGET THESAURUS

connote

Indication

VB indicate, be the sign, of, denote, betoken, argue, testify, bear the impress, of, connote, connotate, represent, stand for, typify, symbolize, put an indication, put a mark, note, mark, stamp, earmark, blaze, label, ticket, docket, dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk, print, imprint, impress, engrave, stereotype, make a sign, signalize, underscore, give a signal, hang out a signal, beckon, nod, wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink, gesticulate, raise the finger, hold up the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand, saw the air, suit the action to the word, wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner, wave the hand, wave a kerchief, give the cue, show one's colors, give an alarm, sound an alarm, beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry, sign, seal, attest, underline, call attention to, give notice.