Tacit Taciturn Meaning and Usage

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Meaning:

adjective

done without using words
understood, silent, not spoken, implicit

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Derivatives:

tacitly - adverb
tacitness - noun
taciturn - adjective
taciturnity - noun
taciturnly - adverb

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Taciturn:

Meaning:
adjective

silent, not talkative
quiet, not verbose

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Let’s look at some examples:


1. The clerk's taciturn earned him the nickname "Silent Bob."

2. Indeed, they had all seemed remarkably taciturn, and when they did speak, endowed with very uncanny voices.

3. He was a young man of about four and twenty, remarkably unsociable and taciturn.

4. Tacitly, she acquiesced in what he felt.

5. Mark is an honest man, if one could look behind his taciturnity.

6. They exchanged a few words and made no reference to the vital subject, as though they were tacitly agreed not to speak of it for a time.

7. A second baseman and a shortstop have a tacit understanding of who is to cover second base in case of a ground ball.

8. It is illegal for a politician to accept money in exchange for a political favor, but it’s hard to prove guilt when the agreement is tacit.

9. We have a tacit agreement that the goods are delivered only after payment is made.

10. Although not a word had been said, everyone in the room knew that a tacit had been made about which course of action to take.

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Synonyms (Tacit):
Implicit, understood, implied, inferred, hinted, suggested, insinuated, unspoken, unstated, undeclared, unsaid, unexpressed, unmentioned, unvoiced, silent, mute, wordless.

Antonyms (Tacit):
Explicit, stated.


Synonyms (Taciturn):
reserved, reticent, quiet, secretive, silent, mute, inarticulate, withdrawn, introverted, retiring, unsociable, distant, aloof, detached, sullen.

Antonym (Taciturn):
loquacious; talkative

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Some more examples:

1. Clutton, more taciturn than ever, did not answer, but he looked at Lawson with a sardonic air.

2. Externally, Grigory was cold, dignified and taciturn, and spoke, weighing his words, without frivolity.

3. But although he and the prince were intimate, in a sense, and although the latter had placed the Burdovsky affair in his hands-and this was not the only mark of confidence he had received—it seemed curious how many matters there were that were tacitly avoided in their conversations.


4. He was the gaunt, taciturn individual we had seen at the wheel. Apparently he was in an evil temper with Montgomery.

5. Elizabeth replied, “We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb.”

6. Philip desired popularity but could bring himself to make no advances to others. A fear of rebuff prevented him from affability, and he concealed his shyness, which was still intense, under a frigid taciturnity.