Antonyms of adj connotative
1 sense of connotative
Sense 1
connotative (vs. denotative) -- (having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit)
denotative (vs. connotative), denotive -- (having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming)
=> appellative, naming (prenominal) -- (inclined to or serving for the giving of names; "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites")
=> designative -- (serving to designate)
=> extensional -- (defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies)
=> referent -- (having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment")
=> referential -- (referring or pointing to something; "symbols are inherently referential")
Similarity of adj connotative
1 sense of connotative
Sense 1
connotative (vs. denotative) -- (having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit)
=> connotational, connotative of (predicate) -- (of or relating to a connotation)
=> implicative, suggestive -- (tending to suggest or imply; "artifacts suggestive of an ancient society"; "an implicative statement")
=> inferential -- (derived or capable of being derived by inference)
=> intensional -- (used of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word)
Also See-> implicit#1, inexplicit#1