implication

1. 1.

   something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

   “his resignation had political implications”

   Synonymsdeductionentailment

   Broaderinference
2. 2.

   a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

   “the significance of his remark became clear only later”

   “the expectation was spread both by word and by implication”

   Synonymssignificanceimport

   Broadermeaning
3. 3.

   an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection

   Broaderaccusation

   Narrowerunspoken accusationinsinuation
4. 4.

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

   Synonymslogical implicationconditional relation

   Broaderlogical relation
5. 5.

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

   “he was suspected of implication in several robberies”

   Broaderinvolvement

Other forms of implication

plural

implications·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about implication

What does implication mean?

implication means "something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in implication?

implication has 4 syllables: im-pli-ca-tion. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/.

What is another word for implication?

Close synonyms include deduction, entailment, significance, import, logical implication. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is implication a common word?

implication is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with implication?

104 words rhyme with implication. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.