Synonyms for implication
Most common
inference conclusion entailment deduction significance import insinuation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Inference
2. Significance
3. Insinuation
insinuation, allusion, meaning, suggestion, hint, innuendo, intimation
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of implicating.
- n. 2
The state of being implicated.
- n. 3
A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
Dumping waste in the river will have serious implications for the environment.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- implications → inferences, conclusions, entailments, deductions…
Example sentences
- conclusion We came to the conclusion that we should help him.
- deduction The tax agent allowed the deduction.
- inference Is this an observation or an inference?
- insinuation His voice squeaked when he retorted her insinuation.
- connection Yanni and Skura developed an immediate connection.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| implication | steady | |
| conclusion | falling | |
| deduction | falling | |
| inference | steady | |
| entailment | rising | |
| insinuation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hint1
- 6 letters
- import2
- 7 letters
- meaning2
- 8 letters
- allusion3, innuendo4
- 9 letters
- deduction3, inference3
- 10 letters
- connection3, conclusion3, suggestion3, intimation4, involution, entailment
- 11 letters
- consequence3, insinuation5
- 12 letters
- significance4, complication4, entanglement4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (import2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- implication
- Deutsch
- Einbeziehung