Synonyms for Explicit:

• adj.

  •accurate (adjective)
  • just,
  • discriminative,
  • skillful,
  • methodical,
  • matter-of-fact,
  • defined,
  • genuine,
  • explicit,
  • punctual,
  • close,
  • particular,
  • scientific,
  • true,
  • proper,
  • literal,
  • rigid,
  • scrupulous,
  • strict,
  • systematic,
  • regular,
  • unerring,
  • solid,
  • faithful,
  • judicious,
  • severe,
  • punctilious,
  • discriminating,
  • right,
  • ultraprecise,
  • deft,
  • careful,
  • meticulous,
  • authentic,
  • veracious,
  • sharp,
  • rigorous,
  • factual,
  • on the money.
  •blunt (adjective)
  • curt,
  • gruff,
  • uncivil,
  • discourteous,
  • Plain-spoken,
  • brusque,
  • rude,
  • snappy,
  • crusty,
  • tactless,
  • brief,
  • shortest,
  • candid,
  • forthright,
  • impolite,
  • unpolished,
  • bluff,
  • snippy,
  • unceremonious,
  • abrupt,
  • short.
  •broad (adjective)
  • apparent.
  •clean-cut (adjective)
  • chiseled,
  • etched.
  •clear (adjective)
  • intelligible,
  • evident,
  • incontrovertible,
  • palpable,
  • legible,
  • open and shut,
  • uncomplicated,
  • perceptible,
  • recognizable,
  • manifest,
  • unquestionable,
  • crystal,
  • spelled out,
  • pronounced,
  • coherent,
  • lucent,
  • conspicuous,
  • knowable,
  • audible.
  •clear-cut (adjective)
  • indubitable,
  • Sharp-cut,
  • crystalline,
  • undoubted,
  • undisputed,
  • unquestioned,
  • assured,
  • clear cut.
  •comprehensible (adjective)
  • conceivable,
  • luminous,
  • fathomable.
  •concrete (adjective)
  • objective,
  • real,
  • substantial,
  • tangible,
  • corporeal,
  • sensible,
  • material.
  •decided (adjective)
  • indisputable,
  • fated,
  • runaway,
  • unalterable,
  • predetermined,
  • resolved,
  • determined,
  • on ice,
  • in the bag,
  • for sure,
  • Nailed,
  • undeniable,
  • settled,
  • destined,
  • clinched.
  •definite (adjective)
  • more undubitable,
  • more wellmarked,
  • well grounded,
  • more well marked,
  • wellgrounded,
  • de finite,
  • most undubitable,
  • most wellmarked,
  • more silhouetted,
  • un dubitable,
  • Undubitable,
  • most well-marked,
  • de-finite,
  • more well-marked,
  • most silhouetted,
  • well marked,
  • well-marked,
  • wellmarked,
  • un-dubitable,
  • ringing,
  • most well marked.
  •direct (adjective)
  • pointblank,
  • person to person,
  • straight from the shoulder,
  • plainspoken,
  • person-to-person,
  • straight from shoulder.
  •distinct (adjective)
  • more enunciated,
  • most enunciated,
  • pre-scribed,
  • noticeable,
  • palatable,
  • pre scribed.
  •downright (adjective)
  • out rightest,
  • out-rightest,
  • out righter,
  • more thoroughgoing,
  • out right,
  • out-right,
  • un-mitigated,
  • out-righter,
  • un mitigated.
  •emphatic (adjective)
  • more accented,
  • more telling,
  • for face,
  • re-sounding,
  • resounding,
  • most stressed,
  • most accented,
  • more stressed,
  • most telling,
  • re sounding.
  •exact (adjective)
  • bull-eye,
  • bulls eye,
  • bull'seye,
  • on numbers,
  • bull eye,
  • ex act,
  • bullseye,
  • bulleye,
  • ex-act,
  • nailed down.
  •explicit (adjective)
  • patent,
  • stated,
  • absolute,
  • understandable,
  • correct,
  • straightforward,
  • lucid,
  • certain,
  • accurate,
  • on the nose,
  • sure,
  • unreserved.
  •express (adjective)
  • in dividual,
  • ex pressed,
  • ex-press,
  • more expressed,
  • in-dividual,
  • pre-meditated,
  • most witting,
  • more witting,
  • most expressed,
  • more designful,
  • pre meditated,
  • ex press,
  • ex-pressed,
  • most designful,
  • de liberate,
  • in-tended,
  • de-liberate,
  • in tended,
  • uttered.
  •firm (adjective)
  • most never-failing,
  • un-bending,
  • un shakable,
  • most undeviating,
  • un-flinching,
  • most stipulated,
  • un-yielding,
  • un changeable,
  • more never-failing,
  • staunch,
  • un yielding,
  • in tent,
  • un-deviating,
  • un flinching,
  • un wavering,
  • never failing,
  • more stipulated,
  • more never failing,
  • un-changeable,
  • un bending,
  • re-solute,
  • in-flexible,
  • re solute,
  • un-shakable,
  • pre vailing,
  • most never failing,
  • in flexible,
  • more neverfailing,
  • un deviating,
  • most neverfailing,
  • neverfailing,
  • more undeviating,
  • un-wavering,
  • un shaken,
  • persistent,
  • un-shaken.
  •formal (adjective)
  • more ritual,
  • stereo typed,
  • formal,
  • most formalistic,
  • most ceremonialistic,
  • stereo-typed,
  • stereo-typical,
  • most ritual,
  • more formalistic,
  • stereo typical,
  • more ceremonialistic.
  •hard-core (adjective)
  • dyed in the wool,
  • un compromising,
  • de-voted,
  • most intransigent,
  • more unwaivering,
  • most unwaivering,
  • de voted,
  • un-compromising.
  •literal (adjective)
  • actual,
  • prosaic,
  • verbatim,
  • overt.
  •lucid (adjective)
  • trans lucent,
  • trans-lucent.
  •meaningful (adjective)
  • indicative,
  • significant,
  • explanatory,
  • communicative,
  • descriptive,
  • purposeful,
  • denotational,
  • relevant,
  • topical.
  •obvious (adjective)
  • most obvious,
  • selfexplanatory,
  • self-explanatory,
  • ex-posed,
  • un subtle,
  • un subtler,
  • ex posed,
  • selfevident,
  • self explanatory,
  • clear as bell,
  • un-subtle,
  • more self-evident,
  • self evident,
  • un subtlest,
  • un-subtler,
  • un-subtlest.
  •open-and-shut (adjective)
  • iced,
  • sewn up,
  • cut and dried.
  •pellucid (adjective)
  • crystalling,
  • most crystalling,
  • more crystalling.
  •perspicuous (adjective)
  • more crystal-clear,
  • more crystalclear,
  • most crystal-clear,
  • most crystalclear,
  • crystalclear,
  • most crystal clear,
  • more crystal clear.
  •readable (adjective)
  • de cipherable,
  • de-cipherable.
  •specific (adjective)
  • hit nail head,
  • re-served,
  • straightout,
  • re served.
  •transparent (adjective)
  • easily seen,
  • trans-parent,
  • un sophisticated,
  • trans parent.
  •trenchant (adjective)
  • razor-sharp,
  • the point,
  • to the point.
  •unconditional (adjective)
  • no holds barred,
  • un conditional,
  • no fine print,
  • un-restricted,
  • all out,
  • un restricted,
  • un constrained,
  • no ifs ands buts,
  • un-conditional,
  • un-limited.
  •unconditioned (adjective)
  • un conditioned,
  • un-conditioned.
  •unequivocal (adjective)
  • un equivocal,
  • un-contestable,
  • more uncontestable,
  • uni vocal,
  • most univocal,
  • un-disputable,
  • un contestable,
  • most uncontestable,
  • more univocal,
  • un disputable,
  • un-equivocal,
  • uni-vocal.
  •unmistakable (adjective)
  • un mistakable,
  • un-mistakable.
  •unqualified (adjective)
  • un alloyed,
  • un-alloyed,
  • more unalloyed,
  • un qualified,
  • un faltering,
  • un-qualified,
  • un-restrained,
  • un-adulterated,
  • un adulterated,
  • un-faltering,
  • most unalloyed.
  •veridical (adjective)
  • veridical.

• n.

  •
  • intimate,
  • sensual,
  • indecent,
  • amorous,
  • animal,
  • obscene,
  • vulgar,
  • romantic,
  • suggestive.
  •
  • easy,
  • simple,
  • make sense.
  •declared (noun)
  • declared.
  •definitive (noun)
  • definitive.
  •explicit (noun)
  • hardcore.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • detailed.
  •candid
  • frank.

Paraphrases for Explicit:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    Clearer, self-explanatory, definite, precise, implicit, well-defined, candid, outspoken, obvious, specific, emphatic, detailed, apparent, definitive, categorical, stated, direct, expresses, particular, accurate, outright, frank, formal, unmistakable, visible, clearly, specified, manifest, conclusive, open, predictable, discernible, plain, demonstrable, noticeable, exact, distinct, lucid, pronounced, tangible, meaningful, straight-forward, identifiable, graphic, strong, self-evident, explain, articulated, deliberate, conspicuous, vocal, practical, crystal-clear.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    specific, clarification.
  • Verb, past tense
    expressed, clarified, identified, defined, confirmed, made, stated, specified, articulated.
  • Verb, past participle
    expressed.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    stipulates, specifies, clarifies, defines, confirms, sets, makes.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    straightforward, unambiguous, clear-cut, overt, forthright, evident, unequivocal.
  • Proper noun, singular
    unequivocal.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    unequivocal.

Antonyms for Explicit:

• adj.

  • accurate
    careless, inaccurate, lax, faulty.
  • all
    implicit.
  • blunt
    polite, tactful, subtle.
  • broad
    empty, restricted.
  • clean-cut
    ruffled.
  • clear
    indistinct, unintelligible, mysterious.
  • clear-cut
    fuzzy.
  • comprehensible
    exclusive, nonunderstandable, incomplete.
  • concrete
    abstract, immaterial, intangible, ideal.
  • decided
    uncertain, undecided.
  • explicit
    equivocal, indefinite, unspecific, vague, ambiguous, obscure, confused.
  • Other antonyms:
    figurative, incorrect, circuitous, doubtful, indeterminate, inexact, dim, incomprehensible, imprecise, cloudy, nonliteral, dubious, foggy, turbid, opaque, tacit.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    circumspect, local, undeclared, unexplicit.

Homophones for Explicit:

• escape velocity, explicate, escapologist.