Obvious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Easily perceived or understood; quite apparent. See Synonyms at apparent.
  • adj. Easily seen through because of a lack of subtlety; transparent: an obvious political ploy.
  • adj. Archaic Standing in the way or in front.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Opposing; fronting.
  • adj. Exposed; subject; open; liable.
  • adj. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Being or standing in the way; standing or placed in the front.
  • Open; exposed to danger or accident.
  • Coming in the way; presenting itself as to be done.
  • Easily discovered, seen, or understood; plain; manifest; evident; palpable.
  • In zoology, plainly distinguishable; quite apparent: as, an obvious mark; an obvious stria: opposed -to obscure or obsolete.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
  • Equivalent
    Antonym
    Cross Reference
    clear    evident    manifest    plain   
    Form
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    Words with the same meaning
    clear    evident    manifest    plain    opposing    fronting    exposed    subject    open    liable   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    apparent    real    definite    possible