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tacit

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtæsɪt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æsɪt
  • homophone: tacet
  • homophone: tasset
  • CMU ARPABET: T AE1 S IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • tacit consent

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

implied by or inferred from actions or statements

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • gave silent consent
  • a tacit agreement
  • the understood provisos of a custody agreement

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: silent, understood

Antonyms: none provided

History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ենթադրվող (entʻadrvoġ) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Armenian: անխոս (anxos) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Armenian: լուռ (luṙ) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Belarusian: маўклі́вы (mawklívy) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Bulgarian: мълчали́в (mǎlčalív) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Catalan: tàcit — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Czech: mlčenlivý — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Dutch: stilzwijgend — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Dutch: non-verbaal — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Finnish: äänetön — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Finnish: hiljainen — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • French: tacite — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Georgian: ნაგულისხმევი (nagulisxmevi) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Georgian: მდუმარე (mdumare) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • German: stillschweigend — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • German: still — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • German: impliziert — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • German: unausgesprochen — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • German: schweigend — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Greek: σιωπηρός (siopirós) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Hungarian: hallgatólagos — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Irish: tostach — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Latin: tacitus — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Macedonian: премолчен (premolčen) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Macedonian: преќутен (preḱuten) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stilltiende — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Persian: ضمنی (zemni) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Polish: cichy — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Polish: milczący — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Portuguese: tácito — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Russian: негла́сный (neglásnyj) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Russian: непи́саный (nepísanyj) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Russian: молчали́вый (molčalívyj) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Russian: подразумева́емый (podrazumevájemyj) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Russian: не вы́раженный слова́ми (ne výražennyj slovámi) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Spanish: tácito — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Spanish: implícito — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Swedish: tyst — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Swedish: underförstådd — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Swedish: outtalad — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Ukrainian: мовчазни́й (movčaznýj) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Ukrainian: мовчазли́вий (movčazlývyj) — done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
  • Bulgarian: подразби́ращ се (podrazbírašt se) — not derived from formal principles of reasoning
  • German: stillschweigend — not derived from formal principles of reasoning
  • German: implizit — not derived from formal principles of reasoning
  • Norwegian Bokmål: implisitt — not derived from formal principles of reasoning
  • Portuguese: indutivo — not derived from formal principles of reasoning