Entry Word: implicit

Function: adjective

Meaning: understood although not put into words <the implicit agreement in the outing club is that every member pays his or her own way on all trips>

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

Related Words inferred; unannounced, undeclared, unsaid, untold; hinted, intimated, suggested

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

Antonyms explicit, express, expressed, spoken, stated