Synonyms for implication

Synonyms for (noun) implication

Synonyms: deduction, entailment, implication

Definition: something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

Usage: his resignation had political implications

Similar words: inference, illation

Definition: the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation


Synonyms: significance, implication, import

Definition: a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

Usage: the significance of his remark became clear only later; the expectation was spread both by word and by implication

Similar words: meaning, substance

Definition: the idea that is intended

Usage: What is the meaning of this proverb?


Synonyms: implication

Definition: an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection

Similar words: accusal, accusation

Definition: a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt


Synonyms: implication

Definition: a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)

Usage: he was suspected of implication in several robberies

Similar words: involvement

Definition: a connection of inclusion or containment

Usage: he escaped involvement in the accident; there was additional involvement of the liver and spleen


Synonyms: implication, conditional relation, logical implication

Definition: a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false

Similar words: logical relation

Definition: a relation between propositions


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