INAPPARENT Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

inapparent

adjective

Definition of inapparent

as in hidden

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Adjective

Everyone took the Meta keyword tag seriously and the practice of utilizing ‘white text on a white background’ to hide hidden keywords was a legitimate tactic that webmasters would use to include keywords in their website for search engine crawlers.

— Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
The 5-star LSU commitment answered 11 questions below ranging from extending Stephenson’s NFL legacy to his hidden talent.

— Jack Leo, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of hidden

Adjective

Pulley’s latest balances macro stakes with delightful burgeoning romances and connections between unlikely allies thrown together against the unbelievable.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
Kavanaugh may seem an unlikely ally in the fight for greater equality.

— Charles Grantham, Sportico.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of unlikely

Adjective

After crashing, the plane caught fire, making any rescue impossible, according to Peruvian broadcaster RPP.

— Joe Kottke, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026
Manufacturing meth on-island is pretty much impossible — there aren’t many places to hide a meth lab — so most meth that reaches Hawaii comes from the mainland, as is the case with most products consumed on the islands.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of impossible

Adjective

Nevertheless, Richmond’s improbable comeback dazzled fans and turned its players into legends.

— Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Aug. 2026
Like a certain hero of Greek myth and big-screen blockbuster, the Etna of Yoon's title is the veteran of a catastrophic war, scarred in body and mind, dogged in pursuit of an improbable homecoming.

— Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of improbable

Adjective

This analogy is strangely anticlimactic and almost consoling, but a pedestrian ending comes with the territory in a scrupulously realistic book about the inconceivable.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
The major innovation of pocket books became the big selling point of Casa Editorial Maucci, which saw its products sell at an inconceivable rate, spreading like wildfire.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026

Definition of inconceivable

Adjective

Even if this implausible interpretation were correct, Comey’s message would not be a crime.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
The story is simple and implausible, about a man who sets out to drown his wife but falls ever more deeply in love with her instead.

— Tim Page, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026

Definition of implausible

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