implication

noun

1 he was smarting at their implication that he didn't believe in what he was doing:

suggestion, inference, insinuation, innuendo, hint, intimation, imputation, indication;

connotation, overtone, undertone, hidden meaning, secondary meaning.

▷antonyms explicit statement.

2 there was a meeting to discuss the implications of the ban:

consequence, result, ramification, repercussion, reverberation, effect.

3 at the first whiff of implication in a murder case he'd probably burn everything:

incrimination, involvement, connection, entanglement, association;

archaic inculpation.