1. Precisely and clearly communicated or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication
   "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes";
   - expressed
    
2. In accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
   "The scientific paper used explicit language to describe the experiment";
   - denotative
    
3. Containing overt sexual material (e.g. language or pictures) that might be deemed offensive
   "The film received an R rating due to its explicit content"

See also: declared, definite, definitive, denotative, denotive, explicitness, express, graphic, hardcore, hard-core, literal, open, overt, stated, unambiguous, unequivocal, univocal

Antonym: implicit

Encyclopedia: Explicit