Thesaurus:obvious

Thesaurus

obvious

English

Adjective

Sense: easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory

Synonyms

• apparent    [⇒ thesaurus]
• arrant
• bait (MLE)
• blatant
• clear
• clear as a bell
• clear as day
• clear cut (idiomatic)
• crystal clear
• cut and dried (idiomatic)
• elucidate (obsolete)
• evident
• eyely (archaic)
• intuitive
• manifest
• notable    [⇒ thesaurus] (dated)
• noticeable
• obvious
• open-and-shut
• ostensible
• palpable
• patent
• plain
• plain as a haystack
• plain as a pikestaff
• plain as day
• plain as Dunstable highway
• plain as porridge
• plain as print
• plain as Salisbury
• plain as the nose on one's face
• prima facie (legal)
• res ipsa loquitur
• straightforward
• undissembled

Antonyms

• clear as mud
• inevident
• nonevident
• muddied
• muddled
• non-obvious
• nonobvious
• opaque    [⇒ thesaurus]
• subtle    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unclear
• unobvious
• unevident

Hyponyms

• immediate
• indubitable
• self-evident
• undoubtable (rare)
• univocal

Related terms

• Thesaurus:obviously

See also

• Thesaurus:apparent

Further reading

• “525. manifestation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “obvious” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.