silent understanding
Wordless mutual knowledge
Silent understanding is comprehension or agreement that passes between people without being spoken aloud.
It may arise from shared experience, intimacy, or simply reading a situation correctly: There was a silent understanding between them that the subject wouldn't be raised.
The phrase often describes unspoken agreements that work precisely because they remain unvoiced.
- unspokenNot verbally expressed
- unspoken agreementMutual accord never voiced
- knowing glanceSilent acknowledgment between people
- knowing lookExpression conveying shared understanding
- telepathyDirect mental communication
reading minds · intuition · sixth sense · empathy · connection · on the same page · nod · without a word · rapport · wordless · tacit · mutual · complicity · bond · intimacy · eye contact · subtext · wavelength
- Unspoken Rulestacit agreement, gentleman's agreement, house rule, implied consent, between the lines
- Psychic Powerstelepathy, mind reading, ESP, clairvoyance, psychic
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