Obvious

Quick meaning: Obvious is an adjective meaning Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.

Meaning

Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.

Example Sentences

'Cause I threw you the obvious / to see what occurs behind / the eyes of a fallen angel / Eyes of a tragedy / Oh well, oh well / Apparently nothing / Apparently nothing at all

One of the most obvious results of the B.R. Modernisation Plan has been the increasing use of diesel and electric traction; a less obvious by-product is the increase in track damage possible with the new forms of traction.

Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.

It is not obvious, to economists anyway, that cities should exist at all. Crowds of people mean congestion and costly land and labour. But there are also well-known advantages to bunching up. When transport costs are sufficiently high a firm can spend more money shipping goods to clusters of consumers than it saves on cheap land and labour.

Synonyms for obvious

Depending on context, synonyms include apparent, arrant, undoubted, glaring, bait, blatant.

Antonyms for obvious

Common opposites include inevident, muddied, muddled, non-obvious, opaque, subtle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include self-explanatory, evident, self-evident, overt, axiomatic, conspicuous.

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