Meaning of OBVIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'âbveeus
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- [adj] obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening"
- [adj] easily perceived or understood; "obvious errors"
- [adj] obvious to the eye; "a visible change of expression"
- [adj] easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "a perceptible sense of expectation in the court"; "an obvious (or palpable) lie"
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| | Synonyms: | | apparent, attention-getting, axiomatic, big, bold, conspicuous, crying(a), demonstrable, egregious, evident, exhibitionist(a), exhibitionistic, eye-catching, featured, flagrant, frank, glaring, gross, in evidence, large, manifest, marked, open, open-and-shut, outstanding, overt, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, prominent, provable, rank, salient, self-evident, self-explanatory, spectacular, striking, taken for granted(p), tangible, transparent, under her nose, under his nose, under my nose, under one's nose, under our noses, under your nose, visible, writ large |
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| | Antonyms: | | inconspicuous, invisible, unobvious | | |
| | See Also: | | indiscreet | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ob"vi*ous\, a. [L. obvius; ob (see {Ob-}) + via way.
See {Voyage}.]
1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.]
To the evil turn My obvious breast. --Milton.
2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] ``Obvious to
dispute.'' --Milton.
3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived
by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as,
an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.
Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the
heap, and obvious to the eye. --Pope.
Syn: Plain; clear; evident. See {Manifest}. --
{Ob"vi*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ob"vi*ous-ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | apparent, bald, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear-cut, conspicuous, crystal-clear, defined, definite, direct, discernible, distinct, evident, explicit, express, glaring, in focus, indisputable, indubitable, manifest, noticeable, observable, open, open-and-shut, ostensible, overt, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, plain as day, prominent, pronounced, seeable, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory, simple, staring, straightforward, tangible, to be seen, unambiguous, unconcealed, undeniable, unequivocal, unhidden, unmistakable, unsubtle, visible, well-defined, well-marked, well-pronounced, well-resolved |
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