IMPLIED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

implied 1 of 2

adjective

as in unspoken

understood although not put into words an implied agreement is not legally enforceable

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implied

2 of 2

verb

past tense of imply

as in indicated

to convey an idea indirectly they may have implied that they'd help, but they didn't actually say so

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Recent Examples of implied

Adjective

By selling the August $60 put, options traders capture rich implied volatility ahead of August earnings while capitalizing on Ball Corp's robust cash flows, debt reduction discipline, and favorable historical post-earnings price stability. — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 22 July 2026 During the trial, to prove implied malice, prosecutors presented evidence of Grossman’s history of speeding. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026 The first one is passive—where decisions get delayed, expectations are murky, implied and unspoken. — Susan Parsons, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026

Verb

Anything urgent or deadline-driven is specifically communicated clearly instead of being implied in every communication outreach. — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 There’s a clear drop-off after those top four, whose odds give each of them at least a 10 percent implied probability of winning the title. — Katie Richcreek, New York Times, 27 July 2026 The cost is implied to be Agent Kim’s employment at Lee’s mysterious company. — Kayti Burt, Time, 27 July 2026 As implied by its name, drag queen bingo is not your nana’s bingo. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026 But the inference is that the rankings implied where the quarterbacks stood entering 2026. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 17 July 2026 The sequence featuring Circe, the sorcerer who turns Odysseus’s men into pigs, might be the most disturbing of them all, not so much for what’s shown as for what’s implied, as the men’s body-horror-like transformations occur in tight shots. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2026 The exterior of the Bowden house was found in Atlanta, and then McCall built a set for the interiors that was intended to convey the history implied in the script. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 10 July 2026 Chief competitor FedEx released its own guidance for the 2026 calendar year, which implied 20 percent earnings per share growth from June through December. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 July 2026

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Adjective

The unspoken secret of the parenting-strategies world is that, much of the time, the best parenting hack is just being rich.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026
The Pisces Moon in your 6th House of Work and Wellness opposes Venus in your private 12th house, so fatigue, resentment, or unspoken expectations could leak into daily tasks.

— Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of unspoken

Verb

The official, who spoke on behalf of the State Department on condition of anonymity, said Brazil has indicated the approval is likely to be delayed until after its election in October.

— Abigail Williams, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026
During a board meeting Tuesday, supervisors discussed a county survey that indicated limited public support for development in eastern Alameda County.

— Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of indicated

Adjective

The agreement is a tacit acknowledgement that that will not happen, barring a settlement with the states.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 July 2026
The prominent role played by Una in this episode and the promotion of Una at the episode’s end feels like a tacit acknowledgement that the previous season did not give Rebecca Romijn as much to do as previous seasons.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 July 2026

Definition of tacit

Verb

And during Big Ten media week, Riley once again hinted that the Irish did not live up to their promises or statements.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
In his final remarks before leaving the protest camp at the Jantar Mantar observatory, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke hinted that his party was not going away.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

Definition of hinted

Verb

Another study, published in 2023, suggested the lack of sudden, major floodwaters funneling into Lake Cahuilla, the larger historical predecessor to the Salton Sea, may have something to do with it.

— Rong-Gong Lin II Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent observations have suggested that this extreme world may retain an atmosphere despite temperatures that should have stripped lighter gases away long ago.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026

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