Obvious Definition & Meaning - Adjective
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adjective
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easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident.
Synonyms: unmistakable, palpable, clear, manifest, plain Antonyms: hiddenan obvious advantage.
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lacking in subtlety.
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Obsolete. being or standing in the way.
adjective
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easy to see or understand; evident
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exhibiting motives, feelings, intentions, etc, clearly or without subtlety
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naive or unsubtle
the play was rather obvious
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obsolete being or standing in the way
Related Words
See apparent.
Other Word Forms
- nonobvious adjective
- nonobviously adverb
- nonobviousness noun
- obviously adverb
- obviousness noun
- overobvious adjective
- preobvious adjective
- preobviously adverb
- preobviousness noun
- unobvious adjective
- unobviously adverb
- unobviousness noun
Etymology
Origin of obvious
First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin obvius “in the way, lying in the path,” equivalent to ob- ob- ( def. ) + vi(a) way 1 ( def. ) + -us, adjective suffix ( -ous ( def. ) )
Example Sentences
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The next big caveat: there is not an obvious successor to Sir Keir at the moment.
From BBC
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On Sunday night, the dominance of the Patriots will be obvious.
From Los Angeles Times
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Hemetsberger's delight in completing the training run alone was obvious to see, a fist pumping the air as he came into the finish area.
From Barron's
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“It’s obvious that military commanders and highly qualified specialists are under threat at a time of war,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal
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It is the obvious choice but that is because India come into this World Cup in formidable form and have home advantage.
From BBC
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Related Words
- accessible
- clear
- conspicuous
- discernible
- distinct
- evident
- glaring
- indisputable
- noticeable
- overt
- palpable
- pronounced
- recognizable
- self-evident
- straightforward
- undeniable
- unmistakable
- visible
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