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as in unspoken
understood although not put into words
the implicit agreement among members of the outing club is that everyone pays his or her own way on all trips
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as in confident
having or showing a mind free from doubt
members of the expedition must have implicit trust in their leaders
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as in potential
existing only as a possibility and not in fact
there's a risk implicit in any overseas operation undertaken by the military
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Recent Examples of implicit
The board took special aim at the uncertain financing and the risk implicit in a revocable trust that Paramount could terminate the deal at any time.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
But his speech offered an implicit rebuke of Shapiro’s stand.
—Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Gizelle’s banter with Monique is the simmering tension of two women who fundamentally do not get along but have an implicit understanding of what the other is going through, which is a dynamic that gets under each other’s skin.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
Every great novel stakes an implicit claim about what a novel can and should do.
—New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicit
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The trailer shows the fractured relationships and unspoken truths from the previous season.—
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Maybe there’s some wink-winking, nudge-nudging going on, with one side or the other assuming an unspoken deal has been cut.—
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The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with less knowledge or skill feel overly confident.—
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On a crucial third-and-10 just inside field goal range, Beck was confident with his pass to Marion to get well within range.—
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Javonte Green missed a potential tying 3-point try and Paul Reed grabbed the rebound, but committed Detroit's 25th turnover.—
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Of the three potential playoff matchups Carolina could have gotten against NFC West teams, this one is the most winnable.—
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This is partly due to personal preference, but leaving plants standing through winter also helps certain plants grow better and even provides perks to local wildlife.—
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Forever Fleece joggers, with certain styles on sale for as low as $45.—
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The study offers rare, direct evidence of this process by tracking cool gas across entire galaxies, something that was not possible before large surveys like MaNGA.—
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Ehrlich noted the short careers for college athletes and wondered whether a union for collective bargaining is even possible.—
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However, ethical leadership requires a clear boundary between policy disagreement and the normalization — or tacit justification — of violence.—
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Fine has recently drawn scrutiny for seemingly receiving the tacit backing of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which has pressured another Jewish candidate, Bruce Leon, to leave the race, according to Leon.—
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Oddsmakers aren't so sure, making the white-hot and fifth-seeded Texans (12-5) the early favorite even though Houston has never won a road playoff game in its 24-year history.—
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Among the options were rib meat, pork, beef, chicken, no meat, and not sure, the lawyers wrote in the lawsuit.—
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Liverpool have taken positive steps forward in their past two games, winning both following a run of six defeats in seven.—
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In this book, the whole occupation was described as something avant-garde or positive.—
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“Implicit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicit. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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