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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
easily understood, recognized, or seen; apparent.
It was obvious from his manner that he was uncomfortable and embarrassed.I thought the answer was quite obvious, but many students were puzzled.You'll recognize the library when you see it; it's quite obvious when you walk down that block.- synonyms:
- apparent, clear, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable, visible
- antonyms:
- abstruse, hidden, imperceptible, obscure
- similar words:
- bald, bare, barefaced, clear-cut, comprehensible, conspicuous, decisive, distinct, flagrant, flaming, glaring, gross, ostensible, outstanding, overt, prominent, self-evident, surface, tangible, understandable
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| definition 2: |
having no subtlety; transparent.
Her jokes were too obvious to be funny.- synonyms:
- blatant, transparent
- antonyms:
- subtle
- similar words:
- blunt, broad, conspicuous, crude, explicit, flagrant, glaring, gross, overt, patent
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| related words: |
blatant, certain, external, marked, naked, obtrusive, outright, perceptible, pronounced, salient, simple, straightforward, striking, trenchant |
adverb + (adj.)obvious
blatantly, blindingly, fairly, from, glaringly, immediately, intuitively, less, means, most, painfully, patently, perfectly, pretty, quite, seemingly
(adj.)obvious
+ noun
advantage,
affection,
affinity,
allusion,
amusement,
attraction,
beneficiary,
benefit,
choice,
clue,
conclusion,
connection,
contempt,
contradiction,
corollary,
criteria,
culprit,
defect,
deformity,
delight,
difference,
disadvantage,
disappointment,
discomfort,
discrepancy,
disdain,
disgust,
displeasure,
distaste,
distress,
drawback,
example,
explanation,
flaw,
impatience,
implication,
inconsistency,
intent,
irony,
limitation,
manifestation,
motive,
objection,
omission,
overtones,
parallel,
pitfall,
question,
reason,
reference,
relish,
reluctance,
remedy,
shortcoming,
sign,
similarity,
sincerity,
solution,
successor,
superiority,
suspect,
symbolism,
weakness
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| derivations: |
obviously (adv.), obviousness (n.) |
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