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OBVIOUS
obvious
(adjective) easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; “obvious errors”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
obvious (comparative more obvious, superlative most obvious)
Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
Synonyms
• See also obvious.
Antonyms
• unobvious
• non-obvious
• subtle
Source: Wiktionary
Ob"vi*ous, a. Etym: [L. obvius; ob (see Ob-) + via way. See Voyage.]
1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.] To the evil turn My obvious breast. Milton.
2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] "Obvious to dispute." Milton.
3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark. Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. Pope.
Syn.
– Plain; clear; evident. See Manifest.
– Ob"vi*ous*ly, adv.
– Ob"vi*ous-ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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