implicit

implicit

adjective

Definition of IMPLICIT

1

understood although not put into words <the implicit agreement among members of the outing club is that everyone pays his or her own way on all trips>

Synonyms implied, tacit, unexpressed, unspoken, unvoiced, wordless

Related Words inferred, presumed; construed, interpreted; unannounced, undeclared, unsaid, untold; hinted, insinuated, intimated, suggested

Near Antonyms apparent, blatant, evident, manifest, obvious, plain, straightforward; unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable

Antonyms explicit, express, expressed, spoken, stated, voiced

2

having or showing a mind free from doubt <members of the expedition must have implicit trust in their leaders>

Synonyms assured, clear, cocksure, confident, doubtless, implicit, positive, sanguine, sure

Related Words self-assured, self-conceited, self-confident; decisive, resolute, unfaltering, unhesitating, unquestioning, unwavering

Near Antonyms hesitant, indecisive, vacillating, wavering; diffident, unassuming

Antonyms doubtful, dubious, uncertain, unsure

3

existing only as a possibility and not in fact <there's a risk implicit in any overseas operation undertaken by the military>

Synonyms implicit, possible

Related Words conceivable, generable, imaginable, plausible, thinkable; likely, probable; conjectural, hypothetical, suppositional, theoretical (also theoretic); alleged, assumed, purported, reputed, supposed; achievable, attainable, doable, feasible, practicable, viable, workable

Near Antonyms authenticated, confirmed, demonstrated, established, proven, substantiated; authentic, bona fide, genuine, true

Antonyms actual, existent, factual, real