explicit

  • (a) precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication
    • explicit instructions
    • she made her wishes explicit
    • explicit sexual scenes
    expressed,
  • (s) in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term denotative,

Synonyms

expressed denotative

Antonyms

implicit inexplicit

See also

definite denotative denotive overt open unequivocal univocal unambiguous

Words of close approximity

explicit definition explicitly explicitness