(also in pl) something suggested by a word as distinct from its direct meaning or denotation
For me, henceforth, the word ‘coffee-house’ will have anything but an agreeable connotation — Jack London
Use a term free of clerical connotations — William James
the process by which this kind of association is made
in philosophy, the essential characteristic or characteristics implied by a concept or term; = intension (2)
The connotation of the word ‘fir’ is the set of characteristics, e.g. needle-shaped leaves and fir cones, that distinguish a fir from other trees
connotational adj