Synonyms for implicit
ɪmˈplɪs ɪtim·plic·it

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1. implicitadjective

   Antonyms:
   explicit

2. implicitadjective

   Implied indirectly, without being directly expressed

   Synonyms:
   unspoken, implied

   Antonyms:
   explicit

3. implicitadjective

   Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown

   Synonyms:
   inherent, intrinsic

   Antonyms:
   explicit

4. implicitadjective

   Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.

   Synonyms:
   unquestioning, unconditional

   Antonyms:
   explicit

5. implicitadjective

   Antonyms:
   explicit

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1. implicit

   Synonyms:
   ambiguous, doubtful, implied, indefinite, indeterminate, uncertain, vague

   Antonyms:
   explicit, express

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1. implicit

   Synonyms:
   implied, involved, indicated

   Antonyms:
   expressed, explicit, developed

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. implicit, inexplicitadjective

   implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something

   "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn"

   Synonyms:
   unquestioning, inexplicit

   Antonyms:
   expressed, hard-core, relative, definitive, declared, stated, explicit, hardcore, express, graphic, comparative, unequivocal

2. implicit, unquestioningadjective

   being without doubt or reserve

   "implicit trust"

   Synonyms:
   unquestioning, inexplicit

   Antonyms:
   express, unequivocal, definitive, graphic, hardcore, declared, expressed, explicit, hard-core, comparative, relative, stated

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1. implicitadjective

   Synonyms:
   implied, inferred, understood, tacit

2. implicitadjective

   Synonyms:
   unreserved, unhesitating, firm, undoubting, steadfast, unshaken

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1. List of paraphrases for "implicit":

   implied, tacit, imputed, inherent, default, unstated, implication

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1. Marie Harf:

   The offer, as I understand it, which we see as an implicit threat, is for the U.S. to stop doing something that is routine, that is transparent, that is defensive in nature, and that is annual ... in exchange for the North Koreans not doing something that is prohibited under multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions and that they are not supposed to be doing, that's really a false choice here.

2. Norman Wiese:

   Flipping our company to a U.S. entity wasn’t a hard requirement for getting into Techstars, but it’s an implicit requirement if you’re going to raise money here.

3. Lisa Wade:

   It's reasonable to criticize what Actress Sharon Stone is doing as capitulating to the patriarchy because Actress Sharon Stone's making a clear and implicit statement that the way for Actress Sharon Stone to get Actress Sharon Stone career back is to pose nude. But we all bargain with the patriarchy. At least Actress Sharon Stone's being straightforward about how Actress Sharon Stone's claiming to get Actress Sharon Stone career back and I don't think there's anything particularly new or unique or interesting about what doing, if anything, I appreciate Actress Sharon Stone honesty about it.

4. Tenisha Tate-Austin Patrick Semansky/AP/FILE White:

   I think it’s systemic, implicit, explicit and structural, you have all these inflection points where making different decisions can lead to a very different result. The methodology is not so hard and fast that every appraiser is going to come up with the same value.

5. Pavlo Kovtoniuk:

   An implicit loss of health [in Ukraine] is vast, we see a huge deprivation of health care services and pharmaceuticals in recently de-occupied territories.