CONSPICUOUSLY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

conspicuously

adverb

as in neatly

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Recent Examples of conspicuously 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 As the war — now in its sixth month — has dragged on, this list of goals has conspicuously shifted and been pared back. — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 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 Ted Lasso hasn’t been gone long, and based on the five of this season’s ten episodes made available to critics, that might be why its resetting of the board feels so conspicuously forced. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026 But the directive conspicuously neglects to mention local air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions associated with data centers. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, Taco Bell parent Yum Brands was conspicuously silent on the cyclospora outbreak in its earnings report this morning, putting the spotlight on the company's earnings conference call. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 30 July 2026 At the same time, conspicuously present was Emma’s aunt, Julia, and her mother Kelly Cunningham, per celebrity gossip account DeuxMoi, which obtained photos of attendees. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspicuously

Adverb

Twin wood-burning ovens at the heart of the restaurant neatly showcase this vision.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
And those two signings fit neatly alongside the other additions from this summer, particularly given they are already established in the Premier League.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of neatly

Adverb

The early quantum pioneers didn’t realize — at first — that the arcane math that strikingly captured the conduct of atoms had left the real world behind.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
Trump’s potential Republican successors, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, differ strikingly in their views of what to do next.

— Nate Swanson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of strikingly

Adverb

Again, Marmoush stays alert despite not receiving the ball and continues to linger on the last line, eventually latching onto a Haaland through ball and finishing smartly into the corner.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
At the top end, suites are spacious and cheerfully appointed, with smartly outfitted living rooms, double sinks in the bathrooms, robes, and patterned ceramics.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of smartly

Adverb

For Clarke, the nineteen-seventies were eventful, sometimes spectacularly so.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Winnipeg’s old-school approach to line matching worked spectacularly during most of Rick Bowness’ tenure and again in 2024-25 under Scott Arniel.

— Murat Ates, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of spectacularly

Adverb

The Bulldogs are a sneaky talented team, shockingly ranking in the top-20 of the 247Sports Team Talent Composite, as Lebby has done a remarkable job upgrading the personnel at Mississippi State.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Yet the Beasties rebounded with one of the most shockingly brilliant sophomore albums ever, the sampledelic collage Paul’s Boutique, in the golden hip-hop summer of 1989.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 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