English > obvious: 1 sense > adjective 1Meaning | easily perceived / perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind. |
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Example | "obvious errors" |
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Attribute of | obviousness, noticeability, noticeableness, patency | The property of being easy to see and understand |
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Narrower | apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable | clearly / clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment |
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axiomatic, self-evident, taken for granted | evident without proof or argument |
demonstrable, provable | capable of being demonstrated or proved |
frank | clearly / clearly / clearly manifest |
open-and-shut | So obvious as to be easily solved or decided |
self-explanatory | Needing no explanation / explanation |
transparent | easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety) |
writ large | made more obvious or prominent |
See also | overt, open | open and observable |
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Opposite | unobvious | not immediately apparent |
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Spanish | evidente, obvia, obvio |
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Catalan | evident, obvi |
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Nouns | obviousness | the property of being easy to see and understand |
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Adverbs | obviously | unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly') |
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