1. [adj]  clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
2. [adj]  readily apparent to the eye; "angry for no apparent reason"; "had no visible means of support"

APPARENT is a 8 letter word that starts with A.

1. \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p.
   pr. of apparere. See {Appear}.]
   1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view;
      visible to the eye; within sight or view.
            The moon . . . apparent queen.        --Milton.
   2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident;
      obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
            It is apparent foul play.             --Shak.
   3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not
      necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the
      apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
            To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent
            friendship.                           --Macaulay.
            What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by
            astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid.
   {Apparent horizon}, the circle which in a level plain bounds
      our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the
      earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational
      horizon.
   {Apparent time}. See {Time}.
   {Heir apparent} (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible
      if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from
      presumptive heir. See {Presumptive}.
   Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain;
        evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.
   

2. \Ap*par"ent\, n.
   An heir apparent. [Obs.]
         I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown.
                                                  --Shak.