English Explanatory Dictionary

explicit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Very specific, clear, or detailed.
  2. Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic through clear and direct expressions.
noun
  1. The final few words of a text.
phrase
  1. Used at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.

Pronunciation

/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/ en-us-explicit.ogg

Word forms

explicit more explicit most explicit explicits

Etymology

Borrowed from French explicite, from Latin explicitus (“disentangled, easy”), variant of explicātus.

Synonyms

clear direct explicit express monosemic monosemous patent plain specific unambiguous unequivocal univocal manifest overt raunchy

Antonyms

ambiguous equivocal implicit implied polysemous polysemic unexplicit vague circumspect incipit

Related words

explicate explication explicator blunt explicitly specify

Derived words

explicitally explicitate explicitation explicit function explicitization explicitize explicitly explicit modeling explicitness hyperexplicit inexplicit nonexplicit overexplicit semiexplicit sexplicit
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