implicit

UK: /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/ US: /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/ ,(im plis′it)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

im•plic•it /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/   adj. 

1. not stated directly;
   implied:
   an implicit agreement.
2. unquestioning;
   absolute;
   complete:
   [usually: before a noun] implicit trust.
3. potentially contained;
   part of a situation or circumstance that might be revealed;
   inherent:
   aware of the drama implicit in the occasion of his death.

im•plic•it•ly, adv. 

: We agreed implicitly on most of the issues.

im•plic•it•ness, n. [uncountable] See -plic-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

im•plic•it  (im plis′it), adj. 

1. implied, rather than expressly stated:
   implicit agreement.
2. unquestioning or unreserved;
   absolute:
   implicit trust;
   implicit obedience;
   implicit confidence.
3. potentially contained (usually fol. by in):
   to bring out the drama implicit in the occasion.
4. Mathematics (of a function) having the dependent variable not explicitly expressed in terms of the independent variables, as x² + y² = 1. Cf. explicit (def. 5).
5. [Obs.] entangled.

• Latin implicitus involved, obscure, variant past participle of implicāre. See implicate, -ite²
• 1590–1600

im•plic′it•ly, adv. 
im•plic′it•ness, im•plic′i•ty, n. 
Synonyms

• 2. inherent, complete, total.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

implicit / ɪmˈplɪsɪt/ adjective

1. not explicit; implied; indirect
2. absolute and unreserved; unquestioning: you have implicit trust in him
3. (when postpositive, usually followed by in) contained or inherent: to bring out the anger implicit in the argument

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin implicitus, variant of implicātus interwoven; see implicate

imˈplicitly adverb

imˈplicitness, imˈplicity noun