Definition for Implicit:

• 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 for Implicit:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • implicit.
  •built-in (adjective)
  • in separable,
  • deep seated,
  • deepseated,
  • in-dwelling,
  • indwelling,
  • in dwelling,
  • in-born,
  • in-grained,
  • in bred,
  • part parcel,
  • in grained,
  • in-separable,
  • part and parcel,
  • in born,
  • builtin,
  • in-bred,
  • most inbuilt,
  • most in built,
  • more inbuilt,
  • most in-built,
  • more in-built,
  • more in built,
  • more inbred,
  • most inbred,
  • built in.
  •practical (adjective)
  • more unidealistic,
  • both feet on ground,
  • most workaday,
  • nuts bolts,
  • more utile,
  • hard boiled,
  • both feet ground,
  • more workaday,
  • utile,
  • doablest,
  • un-romantic,
  • un romantic,
  • most utile,
  • un-idealistic,
  • doabler,
  • un idealistic,
  • most unidealistic,
  • both feet the ground.
  •silent (adjective)
  • unvoiced,
  • unuttered,
  • unpronounced.
  •subtle (adjective)
  • Insinuated,
  • subtle,
  • elusive,
  • delicate.
  •tacit (adjective)
  • hinted at,
  • unstated,
  • Intimated.
  •unexpressed (adjective)
  • un-expressed,
  • un expressed.
  •unsaid (adjective)
  • left to the imagination.
  •unspoken (adjective)
  • in voiced,
  • more invoiced,
  • most invoiced,
  • in-voiced,
  • Invoiced,
  • un-spoken,
  • un spoken.
  •virtual (adjective)
  • in all but name,
  • in conduct,
  • unacknowledged,
  • in practice.

• n.

  •
  • unfalteringly,
  • satisfied,
  • definite,
  • convinced.
  •
  • convey,
  • get at,
  • obliqueness,
  • intimate,
  • inevitable,
  • certain,
  • mince (your) words,
  • imply.
  •
  • show.
  •
  • be.
  •
  • limited,
  • big.
  •unverbalised (noun)
  • unverbalised.
  •unverbalized (noun)
  • unverbalized.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Inferred.
  •
  • undoubting,
  • wholehearted,
  • unhesitating,
  • unfaltering.
  •
  • unreserved.

Paraphrases for Implicit:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    tacit, implied, inherent, unspoken, unstated.
  • Proper noun, singular
    implied.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    Imputed, explicit, indirect, underlying, hidden, covert, self-evident, circumstantial, silent, intrinsic, built-in, invisible.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    implication.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    unwritten.

Antonyms for Implicit:

• adj.

  • all
    explicit.
  • included without question, inherent, absolute
    untrustworthy, stated, specific, disloyal.
  • Other antonyms:
    evident, diffident, comparative, substantiated, apparent, unmistakable, wavering, straightforward, actual, dubious, obvious, confirmed, spoken, manifest, genuine, factual, proven, plain, real, existent, bona fide, voiced, blatant, unassuming, established, authentic, true, uncertain, vacillating, relative, doubtful, authenticated, unsure, hard core, demonstrated, hesitant, indecisive.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    soft, sonant, ununderstood.

Implicit Sentence Examples:

• It is implicit in the natural development of the process of civilization.

• We are so much wedded to systems, and so accustomed to connect a system with a man, that the absence of system, either explicit or implicit, in Emerson, strikes us as a defect.