All connote synonyms
con·note
C c verb connote
- imply — implies
- signify — to make known by signs, speech, or action.
- spell — a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
- intend — to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan: We intend to leave in a month.
- intimate — associated in close personal relations: an intimate friend.
- suggest — to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.
- designate — When you designate someone as something, you formally choose them to do that particular job.
- betoken — If something betokens something else, it is a sign of this thing.
- involve — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- indicate — to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show: His hesitation really indicates his doubt about the venture.
- insinuate — to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
- import — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- denote — If one thing denotes another, it is a sign or indication of it.
- mean — to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- add up to — If amounts add up to a particular total, they result in that total when they are put together.
- purport — to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
- signal — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.