Explicit
Explicit adjective - So clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning.
Usage example: explicit instructions about what to do in an emergency
Specified and explicit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Specified" instead an adjective "Explicit".
Nearby Word: explicitly
Specified
Specified adjective - Clearly and explicitly stated.
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Synonyms for Specified
Explicit and specified are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explicit" instead an adjective "Specified".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- detailed and explicit
- detailed and specified
- particular and explicit
- particular and specified
- specific and explicit
- specific and specified
- determined and explicit
- determined and specified
- fixed and explicit
- fixed and specified
- certain and explicit
- certain and specified
- stated and explicit
- stated and specified
Both words in one sentence
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It's Not Porn, It's Art: While very sexually explicit, critics who favorably reviewed the comic noted the high degree of storytelling and specified that Omaha is not a pornographic comic.
- Trigger Warnings: Graphic torture and non-graphic violation (they last a very short time, though, and the writer has specified the locations of all the explicit scenes here if you want to skip them); clinical depression.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Young Justice
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