as in unspoken
understood although not put into words
an implied agreement is not legally enforceable
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as in indicated
to convey an idea indirectly
they may have implied that they'd help, but they didn't actually say so
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Recent Examples of implied
Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
As practically everyone on the reunion stage, including Stause’s sole remaining ally, Chelsea Lazkani, either said or implied, there is a line—and Stause crossed it.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Contrary to what some critics of Heritage have implied, no Qatari foreign agents reported contacting Heritage staffers during that time frame either.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
Cuomo and Sliwa have implied Mamdani is antisemitic.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
The streaming video company also implied that Disney could benefit from an extended disruption through its ownership of competing services Hulu + Live TV and Fubo.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
This is why, for most of the 20th century — until the 1980s — people assumed that the hot Big Bang implied a singularity at the beginning.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
At the time, the caption in one of her posts implied she's been dating the person since 2019.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Netanyahu publicly implied for the first time Friday that not all of the deceased hostages held captive in Gaza will return, underscoring previous assessments that Hamas may not be able to find and return all of their remains.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
Jerry Jones didn’t care much about what his Dallas Cowboys’ 3-5-1 record implied before the NFL trade deadline.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
As practically everyone on the reunion stage, including Stause’s sole remaining ally, Chelsea Lazkani, either said or implied, there is a line—and Stause crossed it.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Contrary to what some critics of Heritage have implied, no Qatari foreign agents reported contacting Heritage staffers during that time frame either.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
Cuomo and Sliwa have implied Mamdani is antisemitic.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
The streaming video company also implied that Disney could benefit from an extended disruption through its ownership of competing services Hulu + Live TV and Fubo.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
This is why, for most of the 20th century — until the 1980s — people assumed that the hot Big Bang implied a singularity at the beginning.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
At the time, the caption in one of her posts implied she's been dating the person since 2019.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Netanyahu publicly implied for the first time Friday that not all of the deceased hostages held captive in Gaza will return, underscoring previous assessments that Hamas may not be able to find and return all of their remains.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implied
Adjective
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But when one partner earns or has more, unspoken assumptions can creep in.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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Old wounds, financial matters or unspoken resentments in your one-on-one relationships may need to be revisited, or at the very least reflected upon with a fresh perspective.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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While the Tuesday elections were held in blue states, the margins of victory for Democrats and exit polling indicated that many voters are dissatisfied with the state of the economy and inflation.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
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Companies tied to all four men appear in the leaks, several of which indicated they were established to invest in real estate in the United States.—
Karen Wang,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Even that feels like a tacit acknowledgement of how long ago season four aired.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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In the past two decades, self-expression has become a tacit expectation in many white-collar workplaces, with dress codes relaxing and companies professing interest in their employees’ lives and values.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Another SmackDown segment also hinted that a match could be occurring at Survivor Series War Games featuring several women's tag teams.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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More collaborations with founder friends, Hadid hinted, could be on the horizon.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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But the confluence of events has given rise to an implicit and at times explicit messianic complex in GOP politics; that God is exclusively working through one party and one person and one nation.—
Abby McCloskey,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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In that context, a cop asking whether Marissa personally walked Milo into school that morning comes across as both a perfectly reasonable effort to establish a detailed timeline of the boy’s day, and an implicit rebuke of Marissa for merely dropping him off out front.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Steven Godfrey, a college football insider, has suggested that Swinney and the Arkansas Razorbacks could be an interesting match.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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Scientists have suggested that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has the long-term stability required for life to develop.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Implied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implied. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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