tacit

The word “tacit” has 2 syllables: ta-cit

It's pronounced as /ˈtæsɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for tacit?

In the thesaurus, “tacit” has 27 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tacit along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for tacit

  • alluded to
  • allusive
  • assumed
  • construed
  • hinted
  • hinted at
  • implicit
  • implied
  • inarticulate
  • indirect
  • inferred
  • insinuated
  • interpreted
  • intimated
  • presumed
  • silent
  • suggested
  • unannounced
  • undeclared
  • understood
  • unexpressed
  • unsaid
  • unspoken
  • unstated
  • untold
  • unvoiced
  • wordless

Antonyms for tacit

  • apparent
  • blatant
  • evident
  • explicit
  • express
  • expressed
  • manifest
  • obvious
  • plain
  • spoken
  • stated
  • straightforward
  • unambiguous
  • unequivocal
  • unmistakable
  • voiced

Meanings of tacit

  • adjective
    1. Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.
    2. Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

Example Sentences

  • The team had a tacit agreement to prioritize collaboration over competition.
  • His tacit approval was evident through a nod of understanding during the meeting.
  • There was a tacit understanding among friends not to discuss certain sensitive topics.
  • The artist and curator shared a tacit understanding of the exhibition's theme.
  • By working silently side by side, they had a tacit agreement to focus on their tasks.

On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tacit, such as: alluded to, allusive, apparent, assumed, blatant, construed, evident.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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unclubbable

  • aloof
  • antisocial
  • apathetic
  • asocial
  • buttoned-up
  • clinical
  • cliquey
  • cliquish
  • clubbish
  • cold
  • cold-eyed
  • cool
  • detached
  • diffident
  • disinterested
  • dispassionate
  • distant
  • dry
  • frosty
  • hard
  • impersonal
  • incurious
  • indifferent
  • indrawn
  • introverted
  • misanthropic
  • nongregarious
  • offish
  • professional
  • recessive
  • reclusive
  • remote
  • reserved
  • reticent
  • shy
  • silent
  • standoff
  • standoffish
  • taciturn
  • timid
  • unbending
  • uncommunicative
  • unconcerned
  • uninterested
  • unsociable
  • unsocial
  • withdrawn

quietly

  • confidentially
  • conservatively
  • faintly
  • immovably
  • in a low voice
  • in a whisper
  • in low tones
  • in silence
  • inactively
  • inaudibly
  • motionlessly
  • murmuring
  • noiselessly
  • off the record
  • patiently
  • placidly
  • privately
  • quiet
  • secretly
  • serenely
  • softly
  • sotto voce
  • soundlessly
  • still
  • tacitly
  • unassumingly
  • unobtrusively
  • unofficially
  • weakly

impassible

  • affectless
  • aloof
  • apathetic
  • bland
  • blank
  • bloodless
  • callous
  • calm
  • cold
  • cold-blooded
  • collected
  • composed
  • cool
  • deadpan
  • detached
  • dispassionate
  • dry
  • emotionless
  • empty
  • enigmatic
  • enigmatical
  • expressionless
  • hard-hearted
  • impassive
  • impenetrable
  • impersonal
  • imperturbable
  • inconsiderate
  • indifferent
  • inexpressive
  • inscrutable
  • insensible
  • invincible
  • numb
  • objective
  • passionless
  • phlegmatic
  • pitiless
  • protected
  • reserved
  • reticent
  • safe
  • secure
  • stoic
  • stoical
  • stolid
  • stone-faced
  • straight-faced
  • strong
  • taciturn
  • thoughtless
  • unconcerned
  • undemonstrative
  • unemotional
  • unfeeling
  • unflappable
  • unmoved
  • unresponsive
  • unsentimental
  • vacant
  • wooden

laconic

  • abbreviated
  • abridged
  • abrupt
  • aloof
  • aphoristic
  • apothegmatic
  • backward
  • bashful
  • blunt
  • breviloquent
  • brief
  • brusk
  • brusque
  • capsule
  • closemouthed
  • compact
  • compendiary
  • compendious
  • concise
  • condensed
  • coy
  • crisp
  • curt
  • curtailed
  • demure
  • diffident
  • dumb
  • elliptic
  • elliptical
  • epigrammatic
  • indrawn
  • inhibited
  • introverted
  • meaningful
  • meaty
  • modest
  • monosyllabic
  • pithy
  • reserved
  • restrained
  • reticent
  • retiring
  • sedate
  • self-contained
  • self-effacing
  • sententious
  • sheepish
  • short
  • short and sweet
  • shortened
  • significant
  • silent
  • snippety
  • snippy
  • sober
  • staid
  • substantial
  • succinct
  • summary
  • taciturn
  • telegraphic
  • terse
  • thumbnail
  • tight-lipped
  • uncommunicative
  • well-turned

ill-humored

  • abrupt
  • acid
  • acrid
  • acrimonious
  • anal
  • angry
  • annoyed
  • argumentative
  • awkward
  • bad-humored
  • bad-tempered
  • bearish
  • bilious
  • bloody-minded
  • blue
  • bluff
  • blunt
  • brief
  • brooding
  • brusque
  • cantankerous
  • capricious
  • captious
  • carping
  • catty
  • caviling
  • changeable
  • cheerless
  • choleric
  • chuffy
  • churlish
  • complaining
  • contentious
  • contrary
  • crabbed
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • crestfallen
  • critical
  • cross
  • crotchety
  • crusty
  • crybaby
  • curt
  • cussed
  • cynical
  • depressed
  • difficult
  • dirty
  • disagreeable
  • dismal
  • disobliging
  • displeased
  • disputatious
  • dissatisfied
  • doleful
  • dolorous
  • dour
  • down
  • down in the dumps
  • down in the mouth
  • downcast
  • dull
  • dyspeptic
  • easily offended
  • erratic
  • exasperated
  • fault-finding
  • faultfinding
  • fickle
  • fiery
  • fitful
  • flighty
  • fractious
  • fretful
  • fretting
  • frowning
  • fussy
  • gloomy
  • glowering
  • glum
  • got up on wrong side of bed
  • grouchy
  • gruff
  • grumbling
  • grumpy
  • harsh
  • hasty
  • having blue devils
  • having the blahs
  • heavy
  • hostile
  • hot
  • hot-tempered
  • huffy
  • hypercritical
  • ill-natured
  • ill-tempered
  • impatient
  • impulsive
  • in a bad mood
  • in a blue funk
  • in a huff
  • in the doldrums
  • indignant
  • inert
  • introspective
  • irascible
  • irate
  • irritable
  • like a bear
  • low
  • lugubrious
  • mad
  • malevolent
  • malicious
  • malign
  • mean
  • melancholy
  • mercurial
  • misanthropic
  • miserable
  • moody
  • moping
  • morose
  • mournful
  • mumpish
  • nasty
  • nasty-tempered
  • obstinate
  • offended
  • old-maidish
  • ornery
  • out of humor
  • out of sorts
  • oversensitive
  • peeved
  • peevish
  • pensive
  • peppery
  • perverse
  • perversive
  • pessimistic
  • pettish
  • petulant
  • piqued
  • plaintive
  • pouting
  • pouty
  • prickly
  • put out
  • quarrelsome
  • querulous
  • quick-tempered
  • ratty
  • resentful
  • sad
  • sarcastic
  • saturnine
  • schoolmarmish
  • scornful
  • sensitive
  • short
  • short-tempered
  • silent
  • singing the blues
  • snappish
  • snappy
  • snarling
  • snippety
  • snippy
  • somber
  • sour
  • sourpussed
  • spiteful
  • splenetic
  • stubborn
  • sulking
  • sulky
  • sullen
  • surly
  • taciturn
  • tart
  • temperamental
  • tempersome
  • tenebrific
  • tenebrous
  • tense
  • testy
  • tetchy
  • touchy
  • tough
  • troubled
  • trying
  • ugly
  • unfriendly
  • ungracious
  • unkind
  • unpleasant
  • unsociable
  • upset
  • uptight
  • vexed
  • vinegarish
  • vinegary
  • waspish
  • whining
  • whiny
  • withdrawn

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