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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>
Related Words inferred, presumed; construed, interpreted; unannounced, undeclared, unsaid, untold; hinted, insinuated, intimated, suggested
Near Antonyms apparent, blatant, evident, manifest, obvious, plain, straightforward; unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable
2
having or showing a mind free from doubt <members of the expedition must have implicit trust in their leaders>
Related Words self-assured, self-conceited, self-confident; decisive, resolute, unfaltering, unhesitating, unquestioning, unwavering
3
existing only as a possibility and not in fact <there's a risk implicit in any overseas operation undertaken by the military>
Related Words 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 authenticated, confirmed, demonstrated, established, proven, substantiated; authentic, bona fide, genuine, true
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