involved, suggested, or understood without being openly or directly expressed
Examples of 'implied' in a sentence
implied
The warning is meaningless without an implied threat.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The point of a nuclear deterrent is the implied threat to use it.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The implied threat was long and messy legal action.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This consent can be express or implied.
Christianity Today (2000)
There was no express or implied restriction on its use.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is likely that a similar implied term applies in your case.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There was an implied criticism of him there.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
An implied term that permitted the bank to refuse to provide information to the claimants was also required.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The implied criticism of those who make different choices is a form of old-fashioned snobbery.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He's obviously taken the implied criticism to heart.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I doubt he will say anything as you can tell your dad of his implied threat.
The Sun (2013)
All three chose to veil their implied criticism of the judge's ruling beneath a denunciation of the media that reported it.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The implied threat is that one of them is going to be'let go '.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Sometimes there is an element of intimidation in that conversation, a threat, implied or explicit.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
By combining an implied threat of discharge with a sincere offer of assistance, supervisors can often succeed in getting employees to accept ownership of their problems.
Tompkins, Jonathan Human Resource Management in Government (1995)
The 400 million total pencilled in for the delivery partner would mean an implied total cost of 8 billion.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A persistent lack of enthusiasm from an interviewer is not necessarily an implied criticism of you - it usually stems from other things.
Fletcher, Clive How to Face Interviews (1981)
Synonyms of 'implied'
suggested, inherent, indirect, hinted at
More Synonyms of implied
All related terms of 'implied'
imply
If you imply that something is the case , you say something which indicates that it is the case in an indirect way.
implied term
a term which is not written in a contract but to which it is necessary to comply with or adhere to
implied consent
a manifestation of consent to something through conduct, including inaction or silence
implied reader
the hypothetical reader that a work is addressed to, whose thoughts, attitudes , etc, may differ from an actual reader's
implied warranty
an unspoken and unwritten guarantee that products are of good quality and work properly upon purchase
(adjective)
Definition
hinted at or suggested
She felt undermined by the implied criticism.
Synonyms
suggested
inherent
indirect
Her remarks amounted to an indirect appeal for aid.
hinted at
implicit
She wanted to make explicit in the film what was implicit in the play.
unspoken
There had been an unspoken agreement between them.
tacit
a tacit admission that a mistake had been made
undeclared
insinuated
unstated
unexpressed
Additional synonyms
in the sense of implicit
Definition
expressed indirectly
She wanted to make explicit in the film what was implicit in the play.
Synonyms
implied,
understood,
suggested,
hinted at,
taken for granted,
unspoken,
inferred,
tacit,
undeclared,
insinuated,
unstated,
unsaid,
unexpressed
in the sense of indirect
Definition
not coming straight to the point
Her remarks amounted to an indirect appeal for aid.
Synonyms
oblique,
implied,
roundabout,
backhanded,
evasive,
circuitous,
sidelong,
circumlocutory,
periphrastic
in the sense of tacit
Definition
understood or implied without actually being stated