Apparent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Readily seen; visible.
  • adj. Readily understood; clear or obvious.
  • adj. Appearing as such but not necessarily so; seeming: an apparent advantage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
  • adj. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
  • adj. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
  • adj. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
  • adj. 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.
  • n. An heir apparent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Exposed to the sense of sight; open to view; capable of being seen, or easily seen; visible to the eye; within the range of vision.
  • Capable of being clearly perceived or understood; obvious; plain or clear; evident: as, the wisdom of the Creator is apparent in his works.
  • Having the character of a mere seeming or appearance, in distinction from what is true or real: as, the apparent motion of the sun; his anger was only apparent.
  • Probable; likely: as, “the three apparent candidates,” H. Walpole.
  • n. An heir apparent.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. appearing as such but not necessarily so
  • adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  • Equivalent
    superficial    obvious   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    clear    obvious    notorious    evident    visible    indubitable    manifest    certain    plain    distinct   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    aberrant    declarant    emerant    errant    inherent    parent    transparent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    obvious    considerable    extraordinary    seem    absolute    utmost