Connote
verb
To suggest or imply in addition to the precise or explicit meaning.
The term 'home' connotes family, warmth, and comfort.
Often appears as...
- connotes a sense
- connotes a certain
verb
To make you think of a particular idea, quality, or feeling in addition to its original or primary meaning.
The word 'mother' may connote qualities such as nurturing, care, and unconditional love.
Often appears as...
- the term connotes
- the word connotes
verb
To suggest or imply in addition to the precise or explicit meaning.
The term 'home' connotes family, warmth, and comfort.
Often appears as...
- connotes a sense
- connotes a certain
verb
To make you think of a particular idea, quality, or feeling in addition to its original or primary meaning.
The word 'mother' may connote qualities such as nurturing, care, and unconditional love.
Often appears as...
- the term connotes
- the word connotes
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Words that connote often carry emotional weight, hinting at feelings or attitudes beyond plain definitions.
‘Dove’ connotes peace in many cultures.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Literals
Don't use 'connote' when you mean the literal, primary meaning of the word, only for hidden or additional meanings.
'Shark' connotes danger, even though it's a fish.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtlety Matters
'Connote' is about subtle, often unspoken suggestions that a word invokes, not direct statements.
'The mansion connotes wealth.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Words that connote often carry emotional weight, hinting at feelings or attitudes beyond plain definitions.
‘Dove’ connotes peace in many cultures.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Literals
Don't use 'connote' when you mean the literal, primary meaning of the word, only for hidden or additional meanings.
'Shark' connotes danger, even though it's a fish.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtlety Matters
'Connote' is about subtle, often unspoken suggestions that a word invokes, not direct statements.
'The mansion connotes wealth.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Words that connote often carry emotional weight, hinting at feelings or attitudes beyond plain definitions.
‘Dove’ connotes peace in many cultures.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Literals
Don't use 'connote' when you mean the literal, primary meaning of the word, only for hidden or additional meanings.
'Shark' connotes danger, even though it's a fish.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtlety Matters
'Connote' is about subtle, often unspoken suggestions that a word invokes, not direct statements.
'The mansion connotes wealth.
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Is there a difference...
gold jewelery or wrought iron gates, would be known communally as artisans, and their works considered minor or decorative arts, connoting an inferior status and solidifying the distinction between art and craft that still persists in the Western world.
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Why some of us don't...
It's a mouthful to say. It might help if you break it up into three multi, potential, and ite. You can also use one of the other terms that connote the same idea, such as polymath, the Renaissance person.
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Is there a difference...
gold jewelery or wrought iron gates, would be known communally as artisans, and their works considered minor or decorative arts, connoting an inferior status and solidifying the distinction between art and craft that still persists in the Western world.
Video examples
Why some of us don't...
It's a mouthful to say. It might help if you break it up into three multi, potential, and ite. You can also use one of the other terms that connote the same idea, such as polymath, the Renaissance person.
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Rocky Carroll
American Actor
I think 'director' is a very broad term. I like to think of myself as the head collaborator, not the director, because I think, for a lot of people, 'director' connotes giving orders and telling people what to do.
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William Barr
American Public Servant
Valor' is a word we don't commonly hear. People can show courage and bravery confronting many different challenges in life. But 'valor' connotes willingly putting oneself in mortal danger to protect others.
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David Petraeus
American General
Well, the oil, the oil spot, if you will, is a, is a term in counterinsurgency literature that connotes a peaceful area, secure area. So what you're trying to do is to always extend that, to push that out.
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Tony Evans
In Scripture, a name often connotes purpose, authority, makeup, and character. In fact, a person's name is frequently seen as an equivalent of that person.
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Moshe Safdie
Israeli Architect
Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function.
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Roger Stone
American Politician
The ascot connotes informality. It is something one might wear at a cocktail party in one's own flat but is not something you wear out in public.
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Margo Jefferson
American Critic
Melancholy' is prettier than 'depression'; it connotes a kind of nocturnal grace. Makes one feel more innocently beleaguered.
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Bret Stephens
American Journalist
Before the word 'resignation' became a euphemism for being fired, it connoted a sense of public integrity and personal honor.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
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John Glenn
American Astronaut
Fear connotes something that interferes with what you're doing.
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Rocky Carroll
American Actor
I think 'director' is a very broad term. I like to think of myself as the head collaborator, not the director, because I think, for a lot of people, 'director' connotes giving orders and telling people what to do.
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William Barr
American Public Servant
Valor' is a word we don't commonly hear. People can show courage and bravery confronting many different challenges in life. But 'valor' connotes willingly putting oneself in mortal danger to protect others.
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David Petraeus
American General
Well, the oil, the oil spot, if you will, is a, is a term in counterinsurgency literature that connotes a peaceful area, secure area. So what you're trying to do is to always extend that, to push that out.
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Tony Evans
In Scripture, a name often connotes purpose, authority, makeup, and character. In fact, a person's name is frequently seen as an equivalent of that person.
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Moshe Safdie
Israeli Architect
Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function.
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Roger Stone
American Politician
The ascot connotes informality. It is something one might wear at a cocktail party in one's own flat but is not something you wear out in public.
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Margo Jefferson
American Critic
Melancholy' is prettier than 'depression'; it connotes a kind of nocturnal grace. Makes one feel more innocently beleaguered.
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Bret Stephens
American Journalist
Before the word 'resignation' became a euphemism for being fired, it connoted a sense of public integrity and personal honor.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
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John Glenn
American Astronaut
Fear connotes something that interferes with what you're doing.
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