OBVIOUS

obvious

(adjective) easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; “obvious errors”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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