tacit
Implied, not stated
Tacit describes something understood or implied without being openly stated.
A tacit agreement exists when parties act on shared assumptions they've never discussed: There was a tacit understanding that she would take over the business.
Tacit approval comes through silence or inaction rather than explicit endorsement.
The word often appears in tacit consent, tacit knowledge, tacit acceptance.
Not verbally expressed
- implicitUnderstood without being stated
- impliedSuggested without stating
- unstatedNot openly expressed
- unexpressedNot communicated outwardly
unvoiced · unuttered · unarticulated · undeclared · wordless · silent · unsaid · assumed
Believed without certainty
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- givenAccepted as fact
- grantedGiven or allowed officially
- understoodGrasped the meaning
presupposed · expected · anticipated · default · baseline · underlying · foundational · predicated
Reached by reasoning
- surmisedConcluded without proof
- gleanedGathered incrementally
- intuitedPerceived without conscious reasoning
- discernedPerceived with effort
read · grasped · gathered · perceived · sensed · divined · extrapolated · concluded
Suggested without stating
- intimatedSuggested indirectly
- insinuatedIndirectly suggested something
- alludedReferenced indirectly
- impliedSuggested without stating
indicated · connoted · signaled · suggested · oblique · indirect · veiled · subtle
Existing as essential part
- innateExisting since birth
- embeddedSet firmly within something
- ingrainedFirmly established by habit
- internalizedAdopted into one's mindset
intrinsic · built-in · instinctive · intuitive · automatic · second-nature · subconscious · unconscious
Communicative body movement
- nodBrief head tilt
- glanceBrief, casual look
- body-languagePhysical signals conveying meaning
- lookDirect one's gaze
signal · cue · acknowledgment · wink · shrug
unspoken
Not verbally expressed
unexpressed · unvoiced · unuttered · unarticulated · undeclared · wordless · silent · unsaid · assumed · taken-for-granted
presumed
Believed without certainty
understood · presupposed · expected · anticipated · default · baseline · underlying · foundational · predicated · axiomatic
deduced
Reached by reasoning
- surmisedConcluded without proof
- gleanedGathered incrementally
- intuitedPerceived without conscious reasoning
discerned · read · grasped · gathered · perceived · sensed · divined · extrapolated · concluded · understood
hinted
Suggested without stating
- intimatedSuggested indirectly
- insinuatedIndirectly suggested something
- alludedReferenced indirectly
implied · indicated · connoted · signaled · suggested · oblique · indirect · veiled · subtle · understated
inherent
Existing as essential part
internalized · intrinsic · built-in · instinctive · intuitive · automatic · second-nature · subconscious · unconscious · habitual
gesture
Communicative body movement
- nodBrief head tilt
- glanceBrief, casual look
- body-languagePhysical signals conveying meaning
tacitspoken
Expressed in words aloud
voiced · verbal · verbalized · uttered · pronounced
- tacit approvalWordless permission or acceptance
- tacit understandingAgreement conveyed without words
- tacit agreementConsent without words
- tacit consentAgreement without explicit statement
- tacit knowledgeUnderstanding that resists verbalization