OBVIOUSNESS Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

obviousness

noun

Definition of obviousness

as in clearness

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Recent Examples of obviousness Feminism-wise, Holzinger uses the obviousness of nudity to make fairly nuanced interventions. — Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 That’s the magic of cinema — the obviousness of showing someone in a setting, in a situation, that tells you something. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 15 May 2026 The obviousness with which Kreutzer introduces Elsa into this story as a foil is offset by the uncertainty of the character’s purpose. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 May 2026 On occasion, the obviousness of Nett’s references does pay off. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2026 Based on the previews, however, the obviousness of her selection is going to come up soon, and based on her tenure on RHOBH, Lisa has never been good at deflecting the heat. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026 Their love scene in the rain, while obviously less visually spectacular than in the film, plunges headlong into romantic cliches that manage to get the job done despite their obviousness. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026 The tension is that the scientific evidence of a pervasive public-health problem caused directly by social media is nowhere near as strong as the popular feeling about its obviousness. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025 Though the dialogue does sometimes lapse into obviousness, the cast reliably sells it. — Judy Berman, Time, 10 Dec. 2025

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Noun

Wine-Coca conduces to mental activity and clearness, prevents fatigue and exhaustion, brings cheerfulness and sweet refreshing sleep.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 29 May 2026

Definition of clearness

Noun

By contrast, fashionable abstraction may refuse beauty, intelligibility, or civic meaning, yet remain thin and dependent on institutional explanation.

— Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
What that translates to for audiences is better intelligibility — words that land rather than wash — and a cleaner overall mix, because the engineer is no longer spending mental and technical energy fighting unwanted signal at the source.

— Dave Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of intelligibility

Noun

Public art should be evaluated for conviction, intelligence, durability, legibility, site-responsiveness, force, and relation to the public.

— Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
Major software overhauls, like the polarizing Liquid Glass iOS redesign, faced sharp criticism over legibility and performance.

— Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of legibility

Noun

At that pace, Earth’s night doubles in brightness about every eight years.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
The rocky planet's exceptional brightness is a side effect of its dense atmosphere, which veils the planet's surface beneath dense sulphuric acid clouds that reflect 70% of incoming sunlight back out into space, according to MIT.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of brightness

Noun

The sheer fact of filming fills a frame, even one composed with quasi-documentary plainness, with a plethora of details of narrative, expressive, aesthetic, intellectual, and historical import.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
To understand why men might have adopted a clothing system that prioritized plainness and conformity over color and change, this book investigates the gradual crystallization of this civic uniform of masculinity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

Definition of plainness

Noun

How can the sense of an absolute union of all matter be reconciled with the endless multiplicity and distinctness of it?

— Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
However, a few hours with Air Riders reveals the nuance and depth of its gameplay, the distinctness of this flavor of racing game and its sensory, chaotic, and strategic appeal.

— Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025

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