1. (noun)deduction, entailment, implication something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) Synonyms: import, entailment, synthesis, tax write-off, subtraction, price reduction, deductive reasoning, significance, tax deduction, discount, conditional relation, deduction, logical implication, implication
2. (noun)significance, import, implication a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred Synonyms: importee, import, consequence, moment, meaning, deduction, signification, significance, entailment, conditional relation, logical implication, importation, implication
3. (noun)implication an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection Synonyms: conditional relation, deduction, entailment, import, significance, logical implication
4. (noun)implication, logical implication, conditional relation a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false Synonyms: conditional relation, implication, deduction, entailment, import, significance, logical implication
5. (noun)implication a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement) Synonyms: conditional relation, deduction, entailment, import, significance, logical implication
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'implication'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. implication A suggestion (L. sub, under, and gero, bring) brings something before the mind less directly than by formal or explicit statement, as by a partial statement, an incidental allusion, an illustra Synonyms: suggestion, hint, implication, innuendo, insinuation, intimation