tacit

Adjective Satellite

implied by or inferred from actions or statements
- "a tacit agreement"

Adj

Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

Adjective

Understood or implied without being stated; unspoken.

Examples

tacit consent : consent by silence, or by not raising an objection
There was a TACIT agreement not to challenge obvious dictionary words, even if obscure.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from late Middle French tacite, or from Latin tacitus (“that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent”), from tacere (“to be silent”).

Synonyms

silent, understood

Scrabble Score: 7

tacit: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
tacit: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tacit: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

tacit: valid Words With Friends Word