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Main Entry: connotation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: implication

Synonyms:

association, coloring, essence, hint, meaning, nuance, overtone, significance, suggestion, undertone
Notes: a word's denotation is its reference to the things it designates, its direct, explicit meaning; a word's connotation is things or attributes that the word brings to mind, any idea or notion suggested or associated with the word

Antonyms:

denotation
Main Entry: allusion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: indirect reference; hint

Synonyms:

casual remark, charge, citation, connotation, denotation, figure of speech, implication, imputation, incidental mention, indication, inference, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, mention, play on words, quotation, remark, statement, suggestion
Notes: allusion is an 'indirect mention,' illusion is 'false impression,' and delusion is 'deception' which is much stronger than illusion

Antonyms:

reality
Main Entry: association
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mental connection

Synonyms:

bond, combination, concomitance, concordance, connotation, correlation, identification, impression, joining, juxtaposition, linkage, linking, lumping together, mixing, mixture, pairing, recollection, relation, remembrance, tie, train of thought, union

Antonyms:

disassociation, division, separation
Main Entry: contents
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: elements of larger object

Synonyms:

capacity, cargo, chapters, connotation, constituents, details, divisions, essence, filling, freight, furnishing, gist, guts, implication, ingredients, innards, inside, lading, load, meaning, nub, packing, shipment, significance, size, space, stuffing, subject matter, subjects, substance, sum, text, themes, topics, volume
Main Entry: hint
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: indication; suggestion

Synonyms:

adumbration, advice, allusion, announcement, clue, communication, connotation, denotation, evidence, flea in ear, glimmering, help, idea, implication, impression, inference, information, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, iota, lead, mention, notice, notion, observation, omen, pointer, print, reference, reminder, scent, sign, signification, smattering, suspicion, symptom, taste, telltale, tinge, tip, tip-off, token, trace, warning, whiff, whisper, wink, word to wise, wrinkle
Main Entry: implication
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: association, suggestion

Synonyms:

assumption, conclusion, connection, connotation, entanglement, guess, hint, hypothesis, incrimination, indication, inference, innuendo, intimation, involvement, link, meaning, overtone, presumption, ramification, reference, significance, signification, undertone, union
Main Entry: meaning
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: message, signification

Synonyms:

acceptation, allusion, bearing, bottom line, connotation, content, context, definition, denotation, drift, effect, essence, explanation, force, gist, heart*, hint, implication, import, interpretation, intimation, meat, name of the game, nature of beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nuts and bolts, pith, point, purport, sense, significance, spirit, stuff, subject, subject matter, substance, suggestion, symbolization, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth
Main Entry: overtone
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: implication, hint

Synonyms:

association, connotation, flavor, inference, innuendo, intimation, meaning, nuance, sense, suggestion, tone, undercurrent, undertone
Main Entry: purport
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: meaning, implication

Synonyms:

acceptation, aim, bearing, burden, connotation, core, design, drift, gist, heart, idea, import, intendment, intent, intention, matter, meat, message, nub, object, objective, pith, plan, point, purpose, score, sense, significance, significancy, signification, spirit, stuff, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot
Main Entry: significance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: meaning

Synonyms:

acceptation, bottom line, connotation, drift, force, heart, implication, import, intendment, kicker, meat*, message, name of the game, nature of the beast, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, point, punch line, purport, score, sense, significancy, signification, stuff, understanding

Antonyms:

insignificance, meaninglessness, unimportance
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