- implied, silent, tacit, understood - indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement"
Antonyms: explicit, expressed (indirect, via implicit)
- imply, connote - express or state indirectly
--1 is one way to express, show, evince
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun implication2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- imply - suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
--2 is one way to express, show, evince
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun implication4
Something ----s something
- entail, imply, mean - have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
--3 is one way to necessitate
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun implication1
Something ----s something
- incriminate, imply, inculpate - suggest that someone is guilty
--4 is one way to suggest, evoke, paint a picture
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun implication5, noun implication3
Something ----s somebody
- imply, involve - have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This decision involves many changes"
--5 is one way to necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun implication1
Something ----s something