connote

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.

   Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.

2. 2
   verb

   To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.

   Poverty connotes hunger.

3. 3
   verb

   to express or state indirectly

4. 4
   verb

   to involve as a necessary condition of consequence

5. 5
   verb

   To express without overt reference; to imply.

6. 6
   verb

   To require as a logical predicate to consequence.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin connotō (“signify beyond literal meaning”), from com- (“together”), + notō (“mark”).