connote

verb

con·​note kə-ˈnōt 

kä-

connoted; connoting

transitive verb

1

a

: to convey in addition to exact explicit meaning

all the misery that poverty connotes

For her, the word "family" connotes love and comfort.

b

: to imply as a logical connotation

2

: to be associated with or inseparable from as a consequence or concomitant

the remorse so often connoted by guilt

Examples of connote in a Sentence

The word “childlike” connotes innocence.

For her, the word “family” connotes love and comfort.

Recent Examples on the Web

Rather than signifying impermanence, this year the act of building a new sukkah is connoting presence and renewal. —Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2024

Rooney’s slim characters are able to detach from their bodies in ways that it’s often assumed fat people cannot, by sheer virtue of the fact that our physical forms have always connoted a lack of discipline that thin people are spared. —Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024

In the United States, the idea of child care often connotes a place to leave children so parents can go to work, and mostly at their own expense. —Jackie Mader, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024

And also, fascism, to me, connotes a militarized society. —Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2016

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin connotare, from Latin com- + notare to note

First Known Use

1665, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Kids Definition

connote

verb

con·​note kə-ˈnōt 

kä-

connoted; connoting

: to suggest in addition to the exact meaning