conspicuous
Origin of conspicuous
Synonyms for conspicuous
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discernible, noticeable, evident, distinct, apparent, visible, salient, remarkable, striking, influential, flagrant, notable, blatant, glaring, clear, manifest, open-and-shut, patent, perceptible, plainExamples from the Web for conspicuous
Contemporary Examples of conspicuous
The system is truck-mounted and road-mobile, as are the big and conspicuous radars that stood next to it on display.
For Shaftel this kind of licentious behavior amounts to “conspicuous consumption disguised as urbanity.”
Any list of his conspicuous qualities turns out to be a recitation of opposites.
As recently as a few years ago, buying and driving a hybrid was an exercise in conspicuous consumption.
It was a dizzying time, and Shaquille handled an array of new situations with conspicuous aplomb.
Historical Examples of conspicuous
The country is very level, with low ranges, but no conspicuous hills.
Explorations in AustraliaJohn Forrest
Jennens was a conspicuous figure in the London society of his day.
HandelEdward J. Dent
His moral and religious qualities were as conspicuous as his mental ones.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
It is the citizen-women alone who are conspicuous in history.
The Truth About WomanC. Gasquoine Hartley
Lastly, Variety: Variety is never so conspicuous, as when it is united with symmetry.
Modern Painters Volume I (of V)John Ruskin