Adjective explicit has 2 senses
- explicit, expressed - precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes"
Antonyms: implicit, inexplicit, implicit in, inherent, underlying, implied, silent, tacit, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced, unspoken
- denotative, explicit - in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
Antonyms: figurative, nonliteral (indirect, via literal)
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