implicit

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/ UK /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
implied though not plainly expressed; absolute and unquestioning

There was an implicit understanding that the matter would stay private.

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Synonyms

1 adj · implied though not plainly... implied tacit unspoken inherent unquestioning absolute

Opposites

explicit expressed stated overt

Word family

Derived forms implicitly implicitness

Related forms implicate implication imply explicit

Etymology

From Latin implicitus, variant past participle of implicare ('to entangle, involve'), from in- ('in') + plicare ('to fold').

implicitus Latin plicare Latin *plek- Proto-Indo-European

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Describing Qualities

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# implicit

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/

## Meanings
1. implied though not plainly expressed; absolute and unquestioning

## Examples
- There was an implicit understanding that the matter would stay private.

## Synonyms
- implied
- tacit
- unspoken
- inherent
- unquestioning
- absolute

## Antonyms
- explicit
- expressed
- stated
- overt

## Derived Forms
- implicitly
- implicitness

## Related Forms
- implicate
- implication
- imply
- explicit

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: implicitus
- Root: plicare
- Root: *plek-

## Etymology
From Latin implicitus, variant past participle of implicare ('to entangle, involve'), from in- ('in') + plicare ('to fold').

## AI Etymology
Implicit comes from Latin implicitus, variant past participle of implicare ('to entangle, involve'), from in- ('in') + plicare ('to fold'). The prefix supplies the first semantic turn, while the base carries the lexical core of the word. As an adjective, it carries the sense "implied though not plainly expressed; absolute and unquestioning", with the older formation still helping explain the modern use. Relevant historical forms include Latin implicitus, Latin plicare, and Proto-Indo-European *plek-. Derivative forms include implicitly, implicitness; related words include implicate, implication, imply, explicit.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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