implicit
im-PLIS-itadjMeaning suggested but not said directly
Memory hook IM-PLIC-it: folded IN, not said. Maya never says “Sit with me,” but she scoots over and pats the bench. The invitation is implicit.
Her smile carried an implicit invitation to join the game.
In context No one said that the new kid could sit with them, but the invitation was implicit when Maya scooted over and patted the empty spot on the bench.
Similar implied, unstated, unspoken, understood
Opposite explicit, stated, spoken
From Latin implicitus, “folded in, entwined,” from implicare: in (in) + plicare (to fold).