implicit
Use the adjective implicit when you mean that something is understood but not clearly stated. You might think you and your boyfriend might have an implicit understanding that you are going to get married, but it's probably better to talk it through.
A very near synonym of implicit in this particular meaning is the word implied. But the adjective implicit also means "without any doubt," so we can say that we have implicit trust or confidence in someone. The Latin root implicāre means "to involve or entangle." Another English word with a more obvious connection to this Latin root is the verb implicate.
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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: inexplicitconnotativehaving the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicitunexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, unuttered, unverbalised, unverbalized, unvoicednot made explicitcovertsecret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowedantonyms:explicitprecisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implicationdefiniteprecise; explicit and clearly definedunambiguous, unequivocal, univocaladmitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusionexpressnot tacit or impliedgraphicdescribing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail
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being without doubt or reserve
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