obvious

evident, manifest, patent, distinct, obvious, apparent, plain, clear mean readily perceived or apprehended. evident implies presence of visible signs that lead one to a definite conclusion.

• • an evident fondness for sweets

manifest implies an external display so evident that little or no inference is required.

• • manifest hostility

patent applies to a cause, effect, or significant feature that is clear and unmistakable once attention has been directed to it.

• • patent defects

distinct implies such sharpness of outline or definition that no unusual effort to see or hear or comprehend is required.

• • a distinct refusal

obvious implies such ease in discovering that it often suggests conspicuousness or little need for perspicacity in the observer.

• • the obvious solution

apparent is very close to evident except that it may imply more conscious exercise of inference.

• • for no apparent reason

plain suggests lack of intricacy, complexity, or elaboration.

• • her feelings about him are plain

clear implies an absence of anything that confuses the mind or obscures the pattern.

• • a clear explanation