Thesaurus
obvious
Synonyms and Antonyms of obvious
- That remark was an obvious joke, so lighten up!
comprehendible, comprehensible, digestible, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, understandable
self-evident, self-explanatory
clean-cut, simple, tidy, uncomplicated
appreciable, perceptible, recognizable, sensible, tangible
discernible (also discernable), noticeable, observable, visible
ambiguous, clouded, cryptic, dark, enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, indistinct, mysterious, nonobvious, obfuscated, obscure, unapparent, unclarified, unclear, unclouded
- obvious errors in the book that the editor or proofreader should have caught
arresting, clear, distinct, dramatic, emphatic, evident, eye-catching, marked, notable, noticeable, outstanding, plain, prominent, remarkable, salient, showy, splashy
absolute, arrant, downright, out-and-out, outright, sheer, stark, utter
detectable, discernible (also discernable), observable, perceptible, visible
abominable, atrocious, awful, deplorable, execrable, heinous, lousy, monstrous, outrageous
Synonym Discussion of obvious
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- an evident fondness for sweets
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- manifest hostility
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- patent defects
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- a distinct refusal
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- the obvious solution
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- for no apparent reason
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- her feelings about him are plain
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- a clear explanation
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