verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/kəˈnəʊt/
Received-Pronunciation:/kɒˈnəʊt/
US:/kəˈnoʊt/
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rhymes with -əʊt
CMU ARPABET:K AH0 N OW1 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Poverty connotes hunger.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To express without overt reference; to imply.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To require as a logical predicate to consequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
express or state indirectly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imply
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: express, show, evince
6
verb
Meaning 6
involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: predicate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: imply
History
Etymology
From Medieval Latin connotō (“signify beyond literal meaning”), from com- (“together”), + notō (“mark”).
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
connotar
— to signify beyond principal meaning
Catalan:
connotar
— to signify beyond principal meaning
French:
connoter
— to signify beyond principal meaning
French:
désigner
— to signify beyond principal meaning
French:
indiquer
— to signify beyond principal meaning
French:
impliquer
— to signify beyond principal meaning
Galician:
connotar
— to signify beyond principal meaning
German:
konnotieren
— to signify beyond principal meaning
German:
bedeuten
— to signify beyond principal meaning
Italian:
connotare
— to signify beyond principal meaning
Māori:
tohutua
— to signify beyond principal meaning
Occitan:
connotar
— to signify beyond principal meaning
Polish:
sugerować
— to signify beyond principal meaning
Portuguese:
conotar
— to signify beyond principal meaning
Romanian:
sugera
— to signify beyond principal meaning
Romanian:
implica
— to signify beyond principal meaning
Russian:
подразумевать
(podrazumevatʹ)
— to signify beyond principal meaning
Serbo-Croatian:
sugerisati
— to signify beyond principal meaning
Serbo-Croatian:
konotirati
— to signify beyond principal meaning
Slovene:
konotirati
— to signify beyond principal meaning
Spanish:
connotar
— to signify beyond principal meaning
Bulgarian:
означавам
(označavam)
— to imply, to suggest
French:
connoter
— to imply, to suggest
French:
impliquer
— to imply, to suggest
German:
konnotieren
— to imply, to suggest
German:
suggerieren
— to imply, to suggest
German:
bedeuten
— to imply, to suggest
Hungarian:
utal
— to imply, to suggest
Italian:
implicare
— to imply, to suggest
Italian:
connotare
— to imply, to suggest
Polish:
konotować
— to imply, to suggest
Polish:
przywoływaćprzywodzić na myśl
— to imply, to suggest
Portuguese:
conotar
— to imply, to suggest
Romanian:
implica
— to imply, to suggest
Romansh:
proponer
— to imply, to suggest
Russian:
означа́ть
(označátʹ)
— to imply, to suggest
Serbo-Croatian:
konotirati
— to imply, to suggest
Serbo-Croatian:
implicirati
— to imply, to suggest
