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Synonyms for tacit

8 synonyms
8 antonyms
2 meanings

adjective

Most common

understood silent implicit implied

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Understood

understood, silent

2. Implicit — implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence

implicit, implied, unexpressed, inferred, unverbalized, unverbalised UK

Antonyms

explicit, express, stated

All antonyms of tacit →

Definitions

adj. 1
Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
adj. 2
Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

Related words

Word family: taciturn taciturnity taciturnly

Example sentences

implied He didn't say so, but he implied that I was lying.
implicit That's implicit. You don't need to state it explicitly.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
tacit		rising
implied		steady
implicit		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters: silent²
7 letters: implied²
8 letters: implicit³, inferred²
10 letters: understood³
11 letters: unexpressed
12 letters: unverbalized, unverbalised

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (silent² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: tacite
Italiano: tacito
Español: tácito
Deutsch: stillschweigend