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implicit

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of implicit

implied, tacit, unexpressed, unspoken, unvoiced, wordless
Words Related to implicit

inferred, presumed

construed, interpreted

unannounced, undeclared, unsaid, untold

hinted, insinuated, intimated, suggested
Near Antonyms of implicit

apparent, blatant, evident, manifest, obvious, plain, straightforward

unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable
Antonyms of implicit

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 of implicit

assured, certain, clear, cocksure, confident, doubtless, positive, sanguine, sure
Words Related to implicit

self-assured, self-conceited, self-confident

decisive, resolute, unfaltering, unhesitating, unquestioning, unwavering
Near Antonyms of implicit

hesitant, indecisive, vacillating, wavering

diffident, unassuming
Antonyms of implicit

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 of implicit

possible, potential
Words Related to implicit

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 of implicit

authenticated, confirmed, demonstrated, established, proven, substantiated

authentic, bona fide, genuine, true
Antonyms of implicit

actual, existent, factual, real

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