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denotative has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 2 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is connotative.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for denotative come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.