Thesaurus

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

manifest

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of manifest

1 to make known (something abstract) through outward signs

a frustration that is often manifested by a minor facial tic

Synonyms of manifest

bespeak, betray, communicate, declare, demonstrate, display, evince, expose, give away, reveal, show

Words Related to manifest

bare, disclose, unbosom, uncloak, uncover

advertise, air, announce, blaze, broadcast, placard, proclaim, publicize, sound, trumpet

project

Near Antonyms of manifest

belie, misrepresent

distort, falsify, garble, twist

camouflage, disguise

gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash

conceal, counterfeit, cover, hide, mask, obscure, occlude, veil

2 to represent in visible form

graduates of the military academies manifest, we hope, the best that this country has to offer

Synonyms of manifest

body, embody, epitomize, express, externalize, incarnate, incorporate, instantiate, materialize, personalize, personify, substantiate

Words Related to manifest

actualize, concretize, realize

exemplify, illustrate, image, objectify, symbolize, typify

Antonyms of manifest

disembody

Synonym Discussion of manifest

show, manifest, evidence, evince, demonstrate mean to reveal outwardly or make apparent. show is the general term but sometimes implies that what is revealed must be gained by inference from acts, looks, or words.