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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not expressed |
| Synonyms: | implicit, implied, inarticulate, tacit, unspoken, unuttered |
| Antonyms: | expressed |
| Main Entry: | implied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hinted at |
| Synonyms: | adumbrated, alluded to, allusive, connoted, constructive, figured, foreshadowed, hidden, implicit, indicated, indicative, indirect, inferential, inferred, inherent, insinuated, intended, involved, latent, lurking, meant, occult, parallel, perceptible, potential, significative, signified, suggested, symbolized, tacit, tacitly assumed, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unuttered, wordless |
| Antonyms: | explicated, expressed, stated |
| Main Entry: | latent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dormant, hidden |
| Synonyms: | abeyant, between the lines, concealed, contained, covert, idle, immature, implied, in abeyance, inactive, inert, inferential, inferred, inherent, inoperative, intrinsic, invisible, involved, lurking, passive, possible, potential, quiescent, rudimentary, secret, sleeping, smoldering, suppressed, suspended, tacit, torpid, underdeveloped, underlying, undeveloped, unexposed, unexpressed, unrealized, unripe, unseen, veiled, vestigial |
| Antonyms: | active, apparent, clear, live, manifest, obvious, open, public |
| Main Entry: | mute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to speak |
| Synonyms: | aphasiac, aphasic, aphonic, muffled, mum, quiet, silenced, silent, speechless, tongue-tied, tongueless, unexpressed, unpronounced, unsounded, unspeaking, unspoken, voiceless, wordless |
| Antonyms: | articulate, speaking, vocal |
| Main Entry: | quiet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without or with little sound |
| Synonyms: | buttoned up, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, could hear a pin drop, dumb, hushed, hushful, inaudible, low, low-pitched, muffled, mute, muted, noiseless, not saying boo, peaceful, quiescent, quieted, reserved, reticent, secretive, silent, soft, soundless, speechless, still, stilled, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unexpressed, unspeaking, unuttered, whist |
| Notes: | quiet (noun) is the absence of sound - (verb) to make calm, still, or quiet - (adjective) free of noise or uproar or making little if any sound; quite means to the greatest extent or actually, really, or truly |
| Antonyms: | boisterous, clamorous, loud, noisy |
| Main Entry: | silent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | understood, implied |
| Synonyms: | aphonic, implicit, indescribable, inexpressible, nameless, tacit, unexpressed, unpronounced, unspoken, unuttered, unvoiced, wordless |
| Antonyms: | explicit, tangible |
| Main Entry: | tacit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taken for granted; not said aloud |
| Synonyms: | alluded to, allusive, assumed, hinted at, implicit, implied, inarticulate, indirect, inferred, intimated, silent, suggested, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, unvoiced, wordless |
| Antonyms: | explicit, express |
| Main Entry: | ulterior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret; pertaining to a hidden goal |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, buried, concealed, covert, cryptic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, guarded, hidden, implied, obscure, obscured, personal, privy, remote, secondary, selfish, shrouded, under cover, under wraps, undisclosed, undivulged, unexpressed, unsaid |
| Antonyms: | expressed, known, overt, public |
| Main Entry: | understood |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assumed, implicit |
| Synonyms: | accepted, appreciated, axiomatic, down pat, implied, inferential, inferred, known, on to, pat, presumed, roger, tacit, taken for granted, undeclared, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, wise to, wordless |
| Antonyms: | explained, explicit, spoken, written |
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