The Collaborative International Dictionary
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), a.
Implying something additional; illative.
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(Log.) Implying an attribute. See Connote.
Connotative term, one which denotes a subject and implies an attribute.
--J. S. Mill.
Wiktionary
a. That imply or suggests something else.
WordNet
adj. having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit [ant: denotative]
Usage examples of "connotative".
The words alone meant little without their connotative referents, and his connotative referents and mine were separated by thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of years.
A knock on the door from his fist, followed by the connotative expression on his face, results almost uniformly in immediate payment of all that is due.
The words we've lost tend to be connotative, and the ones we've gained tend to be denotative.
Notorious for answering literally, beings from other planes often flustered their conjurors by distorting the connotative meaning of a question's exact wording.
Notorious for answering literally, beings from other planes often flustered their conjurors by distorting the connotative meaning of a question’s exact wording.