Antonyms for connote


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh-noht
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈnoʊt


Definition of connote

Origin :
  • 1660s, from Medieval Latin connotare "to mark along with," (see connotation). A common word in medieval logic. Related: Connoted; connoting.
  • verb imply
Example sentences :
  • To mention an industry is almost always to connote some one of the six.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
  • Rather these words should connote the strong, the self-reliant, the youthful.
  • Extract from : « Journeys to Bagdad » by Charles S. Brooks
  • But this does not connote the absence of love and respect for the master.
  • Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori
  • It may connote, however, some of the most essential virtues that a race can possess.
  • Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen
  • The sense of possession which they connote was gone from his heart.
  • Extract from : « The Pursuit of God » by A. W. Tozer
  • They are not habitations, which connote life; they are repositories, which connote desuetude.
  • Extract from : « This Freedom » by A. S. M. Hutchinson
  • These words were not intended to connote a quantitative equality.
  • Extract from : « Materials and Methods of Fiction » by Clayton Hamilton
  • But whether all terms must connote as well as denote something, has been much debated.
  • Extract from : « Logic » by Carveth Read
  • The names of feelings, like other concrete general names, are connotative: but they connote a mere resemblance.
  • Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume I (of 4) » by George Grote
  • It is conceivable that two men may connote quite different things by the word symbol.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross

Synonyms for connote

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