Meanings
- not comparableSuggested indirectly, without being directly expressed; Implied.
Poets often leave behind an implicit message within their words.
1 more example
The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they found implicit in the Bible's teachings of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual.
1983, Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5018 - not comparableHaving no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
He is not only a zealous advocate for pusilanimous and passive obedience, but for the most implicit faith in the dictatorial mandates of power.
1765, anonymous author, Considerations on Behalf of the ColonistsSynonyms: unconditional, unquestioning
- not comparableobsoleteentangled, twisted together.
In his deep fleece […] I cling implicit.
1725, Homer, “Book IX”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSuggested indirectly, without being directly expressed; Implied.
adjectiveContained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown.
adjectiveHaving no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveimplied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something
adjectivebeing without doubt or reserve
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinimplicitus
- Middle Frenchimplicite
- Englishimplicit
From Middle French implicite, from Latin implicitus, past participle of implico (“to infold, involve, entangle”); see implicate.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian косвен, загатнат
- косвен (kosven)implied indirectly
- загатнат (zagatnat)implied indirectly
- неявен (nejaven)implied indirectly
- свойствен (svojstven)contained in the essential nature
- несъмнен (nesămnen)unquestioning or unconditional
Catalan implícit, tàcit
- implícitimplied indirectly
- tàcitimplied indirectly
- implícitcontained in the essential nature
- absolutunquestioning or unconditional
Chinese 隱含的 /隐含的, 隐含的
- 隱含的 /隐含的implied indirectly
- 隐含的 (yǐnhánde)implied indirectly
- 不言明的 (bùyánmíngde)implied indirectly
- 內含的 /内含的contained in the essential nature
- 内含的 (nèihánde)contained in the essential nature
- 固有的 (gùyǒude)contained in the essential nature
- 無保留的 /无保留的unquestioning or unconditional
- 无保留的 (wúbǎoliúde)unquestioning or unconditional
- 無條件的 /无条件的unquestioning or unconditional
- 无条件的 (wútiáojiànde)unquestioning or unconditional
Czech implicitní, implicitní
- implicitníimplied indirectly
- implicitnícontained in the essential nature
- bezvýhradnýunquestioning or unconditional
Danish implicit
- implicitimplied indirectly
Dutch impliciet, impliciet
- implicietimplied indirectly
- implicietcontained in the essential nature
- absoluutunquestioning or unconditional
Finnish epäsuora, implisiittinen
- epäsuoraimplied indirectly
- implisiittinenimplied indirectly
- implisiittinencontained in the essential nature
- ehdotonunquestioning or unconditional
French implicite, tacite
- impliciteimplied indirectly
- taciteimplied indirectly
- inhérentcontained in the essential nature
- absoluunquestioning or unconditional
- aveugleunquestioning or unconditional
German implizit, stillschweigend
- implizitimplied indirectly
- stillschweigendimplied indirectly
- implizitcontained in the essential nature
Greek υπονοούμενος, σιωπηρός
- υπονοούμενος (yponooúmenos)implied indirectly
- σιωπηρός (siopirós)implied indirectly
- εγγενής (engenís)contained in the essential nature
- σύμφυτος (sýmfytos)contained in the essential nature
- απεριόριστος (aperióristos)unquestioning or unconditional
- ανεπιφύλακτος (anepifýlaktos)unquestioning or unconditional
Hungarian implicit, hallgatólagos
- implicitimplied indirectly
- hallgatólagosimplied indirectly
- beleértettimplied indirectly
- bennfoglaltimplied indirectly
- utalóimplied indirectly
- ráutalóimplied indirectly
- burkoltimplied indirectly
- kimondatlanimplied indirectly
- rejtettcontained in the essential nature
- benne rejlőcontained in the essential nature
- fenntartás nélküliunquestioning or unconditional
Italian implicito, implicito
- implicitoimplied indirectly
- implicitocontained in the essential nature
- assolutounquestioning or unconditional
Japanese 暗黙の, 潜在的な
- 暗黙の (anmoku no)implied indirectly
- 潜在的な (senzaiteki na)contained in the essential nature
- 絶対の (zettai no)unquestioning or unconditional
- 絶対的な (zettaiteki na)unquestioning or unconditional
Persian ضمنی
- ضمنی (zemni)implied indirectly
Polish domyślny, domniemany
- domyślnyimplied indirectly
- domniemanyimplied indirectly
- niejawnyimplied indirectly
- implicytnyimplied indirectly
- absolutnyunquestioning or unconditional
- bezwarunkowyunquestioning or unconditional
Portuguese implícito, intrínseco
- implícitoimplied indirectly
- intrínsecocontained in the essential nature
- absolutounquestioning or unconditional
Romanian implicit, implicit
- implicitimplied indirectly
- implicitcontained in the essential nature
- inerentcontained in the essential nature
- absolutunquestioning or unconditional
Russian нея́вный, скры́тый
- нея́вный (nejávnyj)implied indirectly
- скры́тый (skrýtyj)implied indirectly
- сво́йственный (svójstvennyj)contained in the essential nature
- прису́щий (prisúščij)contained in the essential nature
- безусло́вный (bezuslóvnyj)unquestioning or unconditional
- по́лный (pólnyj)unquestioning or unconditional
- безогово́рочный (bezogovóročnyj)unquestioning or unconditional
Scottish Gaelic fillte, fillte
- fillteimplied indirectly
- filltecontained in the essential nature
Spanish implícito, tácito
- implícitoimplied indirectly
- tácitoimplied indirectly
Tagalog hiwatig
- hiwatigimplied indirectly
Turkish örtülü, üstü kapalı
- örtülüimplied indirectly
- üstü kapalıimplied indirectly
Ukrainian прихований, неявний
- прихований (pryxovanyj)implied indirectly
- неявний (nejavnyj)implied indirectly
- властивий (vlastyvyj)contained in the essential nature
- притаманний (prytamannyj)contained in the essential nature
- цілковитий (cilkovytyj)unquestioning or unconditional
- безумовний (bezumovnyj)unquestioning or unconditional
- повний (povnyj)unquestioning or unconditional
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with implicit
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implicit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/implicit
“implicit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/implicit. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “implicit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/implicit.
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