obvious
easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
lacking in subtlety.
Obsolete. being or standing in the way.
Origin of obvious
1synonym study For obvious
Other words for obvious
Opposites for obvious
Other words from obvious
- ob·vi·ous·ly, adverb
- ob·vi·ous·ness, noun
- non·ob·vi·ous, adjective
- non·ob·vi·ous·ly, adverb
- non·ob·vi·ous·ness, noun
- o·ver·ob·vi·ous, adjective
- pre·ob·vi·ous, adjective
- pre·ob·vi·ous·ly, adverb
- pre·ob·vi·ous·ness, noun
- un·ob·vi·ous, adjective
- un·ob·vi·ous·ly, adverb
- un·ob·vi·ous·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with obvious
- oblivious, obvious
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How to use obvious in a sentence
Down road will be battles over whether cDNA is non-obvious.
This is a difficult standard to meet, especially in regard to the requirement that your invention be non-obvious.
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British Dictionary definitions for obvious
/ (ˈɒbvɪəs) /
easy to see or understand; evident
exhibiting motives, feelings, intentions, etc, clearly or without subtlety
naive or unsubtle: the play was rather obvious
obsolete being or standing in the way
Origin of obvious
1Derived forms of obvious
- obviousness, noun
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