Connotation

"For many of us, the word sea has a connotation of salty air and vast openness."

Context Clues:
1. Sea
2. Salty air
3. vast openness

Connotation
-noun

1.

an act or instance of connoting.

2.

the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.” Compare denotation (def. 1).

3.

Logic. the set of attributes constituting the meaning of a term and thus determining the range of objects to which that term maybe applied; comprehension; intension.

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"For many of us, the word forest has a connotation of tall trees and wild animals."

-That One Kid