At first sight
Explicitly and at first sight are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explicitly" instead an adverb phrase "At first sight".
Explicitly
Explicitly adverb - In an explicit manner.
At first sight and explicitly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "At first sight" instead an adverb "Explicitly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- absolutely and at first sight
- absolutely and explicitly
- definitely and at first sight
- definitely and explicitly
- apparently and at first sight
- apparently and explicitly
- fixedly and at first sight
- fixedly and explicitly
- utterly and at first sight
- utterly and explicitly
- plainly and at first sight
- plainly and explicitly
- clearly and at first sight
- clearly and explicitly
Both terms in one sentence
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The two main characters have never met, but fall instantly in love in what one of them explicitly says is love at first sight.
Source: Love Before First Sight -
Love at First Sight: Cain explicitly denies believing it before admitting that he can, decades later, remember every detail of the first time he saw Amberley Vail.
Source: Literature / Ciaphas Cain - In "Love Letters", not only does Garnet shoot down Jamie's one sided crush on her (which also shows that a crush is under no obligation to reciprocate feelings) she explicitly says that love at first sight doesn't exist.
Cite this Source
Explicitly and At first sight. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/at_first_sight/explicitly
At first sight & Explicitly. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/at_first_sight/explicitly>.
Explicitly or At first sight. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/at_first_sight/explicitly.
