INEXPLICIT Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

inexplicit

adjective

ˌi-nik-ˈspli-sət

Definition of inexplicit

as in vague

not expressed in precise terms for questions like "What do you think of my new haircut?" sometimes an inexplicit response is safest

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Recent Examples of inexplicit Its particular target at that particular church on that particular morning remains the gesture’s one inexplicit feature. — Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2021

Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexplicit

Adjective

Observers say the Student List party's policies remain vague, which has some worried about Serbia's future.

— Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Experts say the most successful devices aren’t those selling a vague wellness promise to optimize every aspect of a consumer’s health.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of vague

Adjective

In May 2025, NPR reported, citing two sources with direct knowledge, that Holmes had been advising Evans from prison, though the nature of that advice was unclear.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
How that list would be compiled, and by whom, and under what criteria, was left unclear.

— Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of unclear

Adjective

Jones, Cullen and Locke are pleased to hear how effective the ambiguous ending to Black Church Bay is.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
That’s a question for next season, but their flirtation has been built around Sid’s ambiguous motives from the beginning.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026