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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tacit

Throughout, there appeared to be a tacit understanding between Hezbollah and Israel that conflict would eventually resume. — Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026

Members of the Iranian diaspora were also divided about whether supporting the team showed tacit backing for Iran's theocratic government, which many of them oppose. — ABC News, 30 June 2026

The Ground Above, her follow-up to 2022’s Weather Alive, resists the tacit assumption that an artist’s catalogue should walk a straight line. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026

North Korea is expected to use the summit to press for economic concessions, and potentially even for Beijing's tacit recognition of its nuclear status — something Russia is believed to have privately conceded, Lee added. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 June 2026

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