explicit

1. 1.

   precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication

   “explicit instructions”

   “she made her wishes explicit”

   “explicit sexual scenes”

   Synonymsexpressed

   Antonymsimplicit

   Similardeclareddefinitiveexpressgraphichard-core
2. 2.

   in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term

   Synonymsdenotative

   Similarliteral

Questions about explicit

What does explicit mean?

explicit means "precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in explicit?

explicit has 3 syllables: ex-plic-it. The stress falls on "plic". In IPA it is /ɪkˈsplɪsət/.

What is another word for explicit?

Close synonyms include expressed, denotative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of explicit?

The recorded antonyms are implicit.

Is explicit a common word?

explicit is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.