- implicit (in something) suggested without being directly expressed
- Implicit in his speech was the assumption that they were guilty.
- implicit criticism
- These assumptions are implicit in his writing.
- implicit (in something) forming part of something (although perhaps not directly expressed)
- The ability to listen is implicit in the teacher's role.
- complete and not doubted synonym absolute
- She had the implicit trust of her staff.
compare explicit
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French implicite or Latin implicitus, later form of implicatus ‘entwined’, past participle of implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’.
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