implications
What's left unsaid
Implications are things suggested or indicated without being stated directly.
When someone says Let that sink in, the implications are what you're meant to figure out.
The word often carries a note of consequence or concern: The implications of the new policy are troubling.
To be implicated in something, usually a crime, is to be shown to have involvement.
Indirect results of actions
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
- aftermathResults following an event
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- outcomeFinal result of events
result · effect · sequelae · corollary · upshot · backlash · blowback · knock-on
Idea proposed for consideration
- insinuationIndirect, usually negative suggestion
- intimationIndirect indication of something
- hintIndirect suggestion
- innuendoOblique disparaging remark
connotation · undertone · subtext · allusion · undercurrent · presupposition · unspoken · unstated
Logical necessity from premises
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- conditionalDependent on prerequisites
- antecedentSomething that precedes
consequent · premise · conclusion · if-then · contrapositive · syllogism · presupposition · derivation
Obtain from overseas
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- bearingPosture or orientation
- significanceQuality of mattering
meaning · relevance · pertinence · magnitude · importance · resonance · reach · scope
Indirectly suggesting something
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
- risquéBordering on improper
- titillatingPleasurably stimulating, often sensually
- racyMildly indecent in content
loaded · charged · double-entendre · knowing · wink · coy · flirtatious · teasing
repercussions
Indirect results of actions
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
- aftermathResults following an event
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
outcome · result · effect · sequelae · corollary · upshot · backlash · blowback · knock-on · spillover
suggestion
Idea proposed for consideration
- insinuationIndirect, usually negative suggestion
- intimationIndirect indication of something
- hintIndirect suggestion
innuendo · connotation · undertone · subtext · allusion · undercurrent · presupposition · unspoken · unstated · tacit
entailment
Logical necessity from premises
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- conditionalDependent on prerequisites
antecedent · consequent · premise · conclusion · if-then · contrapositive · syllogism · presupposition · derivation
import
Obtain from overseas
significance · meaning · relevance · pertinence · magnitude · importance · resonance · reach · scope · stakes
insinuating
Indirectly suggesting something
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
- risquéBordering on improper
- titillatingPleasurably stimulating, often sensually
racy · loaded · charged · double-entendre · knowing · wink · coy · flirtatious · teasing · alluring
- consequencesconsequence, consequences, result, results, effect
- research papersresearch paper, journal article, scholarly article, dissertation, original research
- formal logicformula, postulate, quantifiers, axiom, variable
- researchstudy, research papers, researching, archive, peer review
- buying factorsprice, cost, value, quality, brand
- cluesclue, clues, hint, hints, cue
implicationsdeclarations
Explicit formal statements
pronouncements · plain speech · literal meaning · specifications · stipulations
implicationsmeasurements
Quantified sizes or amounts
observations · evidence · facts · data · proof
- legal implicationsPotential outcomes affecting rights
- tax implicationsFinancial effects of transactions
- moral implicationsRight-wrong considerations of actions
- economic implicationsMonetary effects of actions
- ethical implicationsMoral significance of choices
- health implicationsEffects on bodily welfare