| Main Entry: | tacit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taken for granted; not said aloud |
Synonyms: |
alluded to, allusive, assumed, hinted at, implicit, implied, inarticulate, indirect, inferred, intimated, silent, suggested, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, unvoiced, wordless |
Antonyms: |
explicit, express |
| Main Entry: | assumed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expected |
Synonyms: |
accepted, conjectured, connoted, counted on, given, granted, hypothesized, hypothetical, inferred, postulated, presumed, presupposed, supposed, suppositional, surmised, tacit, taken as known, taken for granted, understood |
Antonyms: |
unassumed, unexpected |
| Main Entry: | implicit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | included without question, inherent, absolute |
Synonyms: |
accurate, certain, complete, constant, constructive, contained, definite, entire, firm, fixed, full, implicative, implied, inarticulate, inevitable, inferential, inferred, latent, practical, steadfast, tacit, taken for granted, total, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unhesitating, unqualified, unquestioned, unreserved, unsaid, unshakable, unspoken, unuttered, virtual, wholehearted |
| Notes: | implicit means implied though not directly expressed; explicit means precisely and clearly expressed |
Antonyms: |
explicit, specific |
| Main Entry: | implied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hinted at |
Synonyms: |
adumbrated, alluded to, allusive, connoted, constructive, figured, foreshadowed, hidden, implicit, indicated, indicative, indirect, inferential, inferred, inherent, insinuated, intended, involved, latent, lurking, meant, occult, parallel, perceptible, potential, significative, signified, suggested, symbolized, tacit, tacitly assumed, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unuttered, wordless |
Antonyms: |
explicated, expressed, stated |
| Main Entry: | latent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dormant, hidden |
Synonyms: |
abeyant, between the lines, concealed, contained, covert, idle, immature, implied, in abeyance, inactive, inert, inferential, inferred, inherent, inoperative, intrinsic, invisible, involved, lurking, passive, possible, potential, quiescent, rudimentary, secret, sleeping, smoldering, suppressed, suspended, tacit, torpid, underdeveloped, underlying, undeveloped, unexposed, unexpressed, unrealized, unripe, unseen, veiled, vestigial |
Antonyms: |
active, apparent, clear, live, manifest, obvious, open, public |
| Main Entry: | silent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | understood, implied |
Synonyms: |
aphonic, implicit, indescribable, inexpressible, nameless, tacit, unexpressed, unpronounced, unspoken, unuttered, unvoiced, wordless |
Antonyms: |
explicit, tangible |
| Main Entry: | understood |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assumed, implicit |
Synonyms: |
accepted, appreciated, axiomatic, down pat, implied, inferential, inferred, known, on to, pat, presumed, roger, tacit, taken for granted, undeclared, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, wise to, wordless |
Antonyms: |
explained, explicit, spoken, written |
| Main Entry: | unsaid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not expressed or partially expressed |
Synonyms: |
implicit, implied, inferred, left to the imagination, silenced, tacit, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unspoken, unstated, unuttered, unvoiced, wordless |
Antonyms: |
expressed, said, stated |
| Main Entry: | unwritten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | understood |
Synonyms: |
accepted, conventional, customary, oral, spoken, tacit, traditional, unformulated, unrecorded, unsaid, verbal, vocal, word-of-mouth |
Antonyms: |
explained, explicated, stated, written |
| Main Entry: | virtual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in essence |
Synonyms: |
basic, constructive, essential, fundamental, implicit, implied, in all but name, in conduct, in effect, in practice, indirect, potential, practical, pragmatic, tacit, unacknowledged |
Antonyms: |
actual, authentic, real |