implication
noun
[ ɪmplɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated.
• "the implication is that no one person at the bank is responsible"
Similar:
suggestion,
inference,
insinuation,
innuendo,
hint,
intimation,
imputation,
indication,
connotation,
overtone,
undertone,
hidden meaning,
secondary meaning,
Opposite:
explicit statement,
• the action or state of being involved in something.
• "our implication in the problems"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘entwining, being entwined’): from Latin implicatio(n- ), from the verb implicare (see implicate).
