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connotative of

connotative of

8.2
Suggesting an extra meaning or feeling beyond the literal
  • adjective
translation icon : connotativo de
  • The term 'home' is connotative of warmth and safety.

Examples

  • Her smile was connotative of approval, though she said nothing.

  • The phrase is connotative of wealth and privilege.

  • That imagery is connotative of both hope and nostalgia.

  • Many words are connotative of deeper emotions.

  • The term 'freedom' is connotative of both liberation and responsibility.

  • A rose is often connotative of love and romance.

  • In literature, colors can be connotative of various emotions and themes.

Synonyms

allusive
vsconnotative of
1 8.1

Mentioning other people, events, or books in an indirect way

deals with implied secondary meaning rather than an external reference
connotational
vsconnotative of
8.4

Having extra feelings or ideas that a word gives people

is the phrase form used to describe that relation in context
implicative
vsconnotative of
7.9

Often suggesting something without saying it directly

focuses specifically on secondary or associated meaning rather than general suggestion

How Suggestive

evocative
23 6.7
connotative of
8.2
suggestive
18 5.2

Surface Forms

connotative of positive

Morphology

connotative + of

The adjective 'connotative' already encodes the idea of suggesting secondary meanings, and the preposition 'of' simply links that quality to a referent (e.g., 'connotative of warmth'). A B1 learner who knows 'connotative' (or the noun 'connotation') and basic prepositions would readily infer the meaning from the parts; the pattern is compositional and common across languages.

Etymology

Connotative of is like a small halo around a word. The part connotative gives an extra 'feeling' or idea and of links that feeling to something else, so when something is connotative of X it 'suggests' X beyond the basic meaning.