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express, exact, definite, precise, specific, clear, unambiguous, plain, graphic; see also definite 1, 2, frank, understandable.

explicit is applied to that which is so clearly stated or distinctly set forth that there should be no doubt as to the meaning; express adds to explicit the ideas of directness and positiveness; exact and precise, in this connection, both suggest that which is strictly defined, accurately stated, or made unmistakably clear; definite implies precise limitations as to the nature, character, meaning, etc. of something; specific implies the pointing up of details or the particularizing of references

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adjective

Clearly, fully, and sometimes emphatically expressed:

categorical, clear, clear-cut, decided, definite, express, positive, precise, specific, unambiguous, unequivocal. See clear

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explicit categorical definite express specific

These adjectives mean entirely clear and unambiguous: explicit statements; a categorical refusal; a definite answer; my express wishes; a specific purpose.

Antonym: ambiguous

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