connotation
/kon-uh-TAY-shun/nounan idea or feeling a word invokes beyond its literal meaning
“'Cheap' and 'affordable' differ only in connotation.”
- Synonyms
- implication, overtone, undertone
- Antonyms
- denotation
- Memory hook
- con + notare (mark): the extra marks a word carries.
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