Synonyms of tacit

tacit

adjective

ˈta-sət 

as in unspoken

understood although not put into words

we have a tacit agreement that if I wash the dishes, she dries them and puts them away

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of tacit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Having swollen to a massive scale with tacit government approval, according to U.S. and Middle Eastern officials, the trade increasingly threatens Syria’s neighbors, flooding the region with cheap drugs. —Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, 25 July 2024

Her critics fear Republicans will see that as a tacit invitation to intervene. —Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 18 July 2024

Himes’ call to drop out — and Lamont’s tacit support for it on Friday — have yet to create a domino effect among federal lawmakers and other party leaders in Connecticut. —Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2024

For Newsom, averting the matchup is also a tacit acknowledgment of the political reality: Trying to skip over the vice president, and potentially the first Black female president, wouldn’t bode well for the governor, or for most other Democrats. —Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024