implicit
adjective
[ ɪmˈplɪsɪt ]
• suggested though not directly expressed.
• "comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies"
Similar:
implied,
indirect,
inferred,
understood,
hinted,
suggested,
deducible,
unspoken,
unexpressed,
undeclared,
unstated,
unsaid,
tacit,
unacknowledged,
silent,
taken for granted,
taken as read,
assumed,
inherent,
latent,
underlying,
inbuilt,
incorporated,
fundamental,
• always to be found in; essentially connected with.
• "the values implicit in the school ethos"
• with no qualification or question; absolute.
• "an implicit faith in God"
Similar:
absolute,
complete,
entire,
total,
wholehearted,
perfect,
sheer,
utter,
unqualified,
unconditional,
unreserved,
unadulterated,
unalloyed,
undiluted,
positive,
unshaken,
unshakeable,
unhesitating,
unquestioning,
firm,
steadfast,
constant,
• (of a function) not expressed directly in terms of independent variables.
Origin:
late 16th century: from French implicite or Latin implicitus, later form of implicatus ‘entwined’, past participle of implicare (see imply).
