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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Connotative \Con*no"ta*tive\ (k[o^]n*n[=o]"t[.a]*t[i^]v or k[o^]n"n[-o]*t[asl]*t[i^]v), adjective
1. Implying something additional; illative.
2. (Log.) Implying an attribute. See {Connote}.
{Connotative term}, one which denotes a subject and implies an attribute. --J. S. Mill.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
connotative
adjective: having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit [ant: {denotative}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "connotative": allegorical, associational, connotational, definable, demonstrative, denominative, denotational, denotative, designative, diagnostic, emblematic, evidential, exhibitive, expressive, extended, extensional, figural, figurative, full of meaning, full of point, full of substance, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncratic, implicative, indicating, indicative, indicatory, individual, intelligible, intensional, interpretable, meaning, meaningful, meaty, metaphorical, naming, pathognomonic, peculiar, pithy, pointed, pregnant, readable, referential, representative, semantic, semiotic, sententious, signalizing, significant, significative, signifying, substantial, suggestive, symbolic, symbolistic, symbological, symptomatic, symptomatologic, transferred, typical
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