connotation (n.)

• allegory
• allusion
• assumption
• bearing
• coloration
• coloring
• consequence
• denotation
• drift
• effect
• essence
• extension
• force
• gist
• hint
• idea
• impact
• implication
• import
• inference
• innuendo
• intension
• intimation
• meaning
• nuance
• overtone
• pertinence
• pith
• point
• presumption
• presupposition
• purport
• reference
• referent
• relation
• relevance
• scope
• sense
• significance
• signification
• spirit
• substance
• suggestion
• sum
• supposition
• symbolism
• tenor
• tinge
• touch
• undercurrent
• undertone
• value