Synonyms of implicit

implicit

adjective

im-ˈpli-sət 

1

as in unspoken

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 & Similar Words

• unspoken
• implied
• tacit
• unexpressed
• unvoiced
• inferred
• interpreted
• wordless
• presumed
• unsaid
• intimated
• undeclared
• untold
• hinted
• construed
• insinuated
• unannounced
• suggested

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explicit
• express
• obvious
• apparent
• evident
• stated
• manifest
• plain
• expressed
• straightforward
• voiced
• spoken
• unambiguous
• unmistakable
• unequivocal
• blatant

2

as in confident

having or showing a mind free from doubt

members of the expedition must have implicit trust in their leaders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confident
• certain
• sure
• positive
• assured
• doubtless
• clear
• sanguine
• cocksure
• unquestioning
• unhesitating
• resolute
• decisive
• unwavering
• unfaltering
• self-assured
• self-confident
• self-conceited

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertain
• doubtful
• dubious
• unsure
• hesitant
• indecisive
• wavering
• unassuming
• vacillating
• diffident

3

as in potential

existing only as a possibility and not in fact

there's a risk implicit in any overseas operation undertaken by the military

Synonyms & Similar Words

• potential
• possible
• plausible
• probable
• theoretical
• hypothetical
• conceivable
• generable
• alleged
• imaginable
• achievable
• purported
• conjectural
• viable
• practicable
• assumed
• thinkable
• feasible
• suppositional
• likely
• attainable
• supposed
• workable
• doable
• reputed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• actual
• real
• factual
• existent
• demonstrated
• confirmed
• true
• established
• genuine
• bona fide
• authentic
• proven
• substantiated
• authenticated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of implicit

There’s a spirit of exorcism in this approach, an implicit belief that certain loud sounds are more like elemental beings to be summoned than the logical result of wires and inputs. — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026

There is an implicit issue of equity here. — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026

Xenotransplantation therefore remains ethically contested and lacks stable social consensus, warranting explicit democratic deliberation rather than implicit normalization. — Torie Bosch, STAT, 20 June 2026

The film also uncovers documentation of how the white settlers, with the implicit accord of the Canadian government, murdered thousands of Nuxalk in 1862 with the smallpox virus and colonized the land. — Carole Horst, Variety, 17 June 2026