CONSPICUOUSLY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

conspicuously

adverb

as in neatly

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Recent Examples of conspicuously Since 2022, according to data compiled by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the party has formally purged three dozen generals and lieutenant generals, and many more are conspicuously missing. — Andrew Mertha, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026 Bella Hadid has been conspicuously absent from New York Fashion Week for the better part of two years. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2026 Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, meanwhile, remains conspicuously absent. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026 The corner of the yard, shaded by mesquite and shoestring willows, had fallen conspicuously quiet. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 To human eyes the color is conspicuously different from most vegetation. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026 The category has spent two decades rewarding the man who helped define the genre while conspicuously never rewarding the show that made him. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026 Nadal is also featured in an interview, though Federer is conspicuously absent. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 The studio declined to finance the ambitious project’s conclusion, and Bakshi’s movie soon cooled into one of history’s most conspicuously unfinished epics. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspicuously

Adverb

His punchy, slightly cornball charm, combined with a winning smile that neatly masked his Nixonian ambition, cemented Mulroney’s status as a modern Canadian politician, someone willing to lead the nation through the 1980s into an uncertain future.

— Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
This approach assumes human behaviors fit neatly into predetermined blocks.

— Pratik Bhadra, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of neatly

Adverb

Incredibly easy to style, these effortless shoes pair casually with jeans, smartly with trousers or a skirt, or elegantly with your favorite fall dress.

— Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2026
There was nothing that had escaped being stamped with the Festival’s ubiquitous emblem–sweets, cigarettes, perfume, even sandals–Specially designed to keep you cool and smartly shod for fun-loving Festival walking!

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of smartly

Adverb

And it was richly deserved, according to Purdue University, which created the international award and named it after perhaps its most famous alumnus.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
The Palm Springs compound is, at least in listing photos, done in a kind of old-California glamour, with richly colored polished woods, terra-cotta floors, and deep-red accents.

— Kim Velsey, Curbed, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of richly

Adverb

Their answer challenges the popular narrative that America is in a new Gilded Age dominated by a small number of spectacularly rich billionaires.

— Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026
For Ferrari to have tripped up so spectacularly at Monza of all races only added to the friction.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of spectacularly

Adverb

The secret behind the Miramar jean is Rag & Bone’s signature printing technique, which creates a shockingly convincing denim illusion on soft terry cloth.

— Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2026
Still, this increasingly eerie repertory pick is phenomenally made science fiction and not to be missed by anyone who thinks the tale of a Cold War-era supercomputer demonstrating a shockingly plausible doomsday might be for them.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of shockingly

Adverb

Thanks to his book, Bloom, a bald, chain-smoking, nattily dressed, thitherto obscure translator of Plato and Rousseau, became nearly as famous as Derrida himself.

— Emily Eakin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
But the show doesn’t start until the 79-year-old De Shields nattily flips his jacket open, to the approving roar of the audience.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026