under someone's nose
plain to see
in front of one's nose
semiobvious
stone cold
conspicuous
palpable
obviously
superapparent
plain as print
unquestionable
water is wet
in evidence
transparent
phanerite
apparency
lah
obviousness
Lapalissian
marked
patent
a priori
obviosity
bright
exotery
unsubtle
broad
incipiency
bait
superevident
incipience
glaring
der
manifestness
duh
tip-off
decided
more than meets the eye
about
written all over someone's face
frank
appearential
writ large
doy
truism
nontrivial
patency
Irish hint
emerge
appearable
ulterior
show
apparentness
show up
pointed
shine
obnosis
plainful
glaringly
reflective
apparent
evidentialistic
there for everyone to see
evidentness
no shit
plain
realis
real
existent
evidence
verisimilar
turn out
sign
cinch
suspicion
mark
superficial
significative
gleam
overobvious
go without saying
semiclear
strike
apparently
plain as porridge
indicativeness
manifest
non-obvious
plain as day
plain to see
semiobvious
stone cold
conspicuous
palpable
superapparent
plain as print
unquestionable
transparent
phanerite
Lapalissian
marked
patent
a priori
bright
unsubtle
broad
bait
superevident
glaring
decided
more than meets the eye
about
frank
appearential
writ large
nontrivial
appearable
ulterior
pointed
plainful
reflective
apparent
evidentialistic
there for everyone to see
plain
realis
real
existent
verisimilar
superficial
significative
overobvious
semiclear
plain as porridge
manifest
non-obvious
plain as day
obviously
glaringly
apparently
plain
apparency
obviousness
obviosity
exotery
incipiency
incipience
manifestness
tip-off
truism
patency
Irish hint
apparentness
obnosis
evidentness
evidence
sign
cinch
suspicion
mark
indicativeness
emerge
show
show up
shine
turn out
gleam
go without saying
strike
adj
prep_phrase
adj
phrase
adj
- Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
- Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
- Not noticeable because it happens automatically or in the background; invisible.
- Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
- Of an image or animated gif, having parts that do not overwrite the color of the background the image is placed over.
- See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
adj
- Explicit and obvious.
- Conspicuous; open; unconcealed.
- Protected by a legal patent.
- Of flour: fine, and consisting mostly of the inner part of the endosperm of the grain from which it is milled.
- To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
- Of a branch, leaf, etc.: outspread; also, spreading at right angles to the axis.
- Open, unobstructed; specifically, especially of the ductus arteriosus or foramen ovale in the heart, having not closed as would have happened in normal development.
- Of an infection: in the phase when the organism causing it can be detected by clinical tests.
verb
- To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period.
- To obtain (over a piece of real property) a specific grant of ownership.
- To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolize.
noun
- The combination of seven bets on three selections, offering a return even if only one bet comes in.
- A characteristic or quality that one possesses; in particular (hyperbolic) as if exclusively; a monopoly.
- A licence or (formal) permission to do something.
- An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
- A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
- A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
- A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
- A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.
adj
- Clearly apparent; conspicuous.
- Of a musical instrument, sound, or a voice: clearly audible; clear, resounding, and often high-pitched.
- Of the face or eyes, or a smile: showing happiness or hopefulness; cheerful, lively.
- Of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre; gleaming, shiny.
- Of an object, surface, etc.: having vivid colour(s); colourful.
- Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.
- In good spirits; happy, optimistic.
- Of climate or weather: not cloudy or gloomy; fair; also, of a period of time, the sky, etc.: characterized by much sunshine and good weather.
- Of conversation, writing, etc.: imaginative or sparkling with wit; clever, witty.
- Of an opportunity or outlook: having a reasonable chance of success; favourable, good.
- Of a place: not dark; well-lit.
- Of a period of history or time: happy, prosperous, successful.
- Of light: brilliant, intense.
- Of a person: lively, vivacious.
- Glorious; illustrious.
- Of a scent or taste: not bland or mild; bold, sharp, strong.
- Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
- Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
- Of a rhythm or tempo: lively, upbeat.
- Of a metal object or surface: lacking any protective coating or surface treatment for the prevention of corrosion.
- Of a substance: clear, transparent; also, pure, unadulterated; (specifically) of wine: free of suspended particles; not cloudy; fine.
- Of a room or other place: having acoustic qualities that tend to cause much echoing or reverberation of sound, particularly at high frequencies.
verb
- Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.
- Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
- Often followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to make (someone or something) energetic, or happy and optimistic.
noun
- A person with a naturalistic worldview with no mystical or supernatural elements.
- Something (especially a product intended for sale) that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearance.
- An artist's brush used in acrylic and oil painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
adv
adj
- Unsubtle; obvious.
- Plain; evident.
- General rather than specific.
- Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
- Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
- Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
- Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
- Strongly regional.
- Wide in extent or scope.
- Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
noun
adj
noun
- Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
- A light or hasty luncheon.
- A packed lunch.
- A post intended to get a rise out of others.
- Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something
- A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
- Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
- A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
- A miner's packed meal.
verb
- To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
- (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
- To attract with bait; to entice.
- (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey.
- To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
- To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
adj
- In existence; being in evidence; apparent.
- Moving around; astir.
- Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood.
adv
- To the opposite tack: see go about.
- Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
- Near; in the vicinity.
- From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
- Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
- On all sides; around.
- Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
- To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
prep
- Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
- In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
- In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
- Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
- Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
- See about to.
- On one's person; nearby the person.
- Have you much hay about? = Have you much in the process of making?
- Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
adj
- clearly manifest; evident
- characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
noun
- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.
verb
verb
- be or become visible or noticeable
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- provide evidence for
- make visible or noticeable
- show in, or as in, a picture
- give expression to
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- give evidence of, as of records
- take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums
- finish third or better in a horse or dog race
noun
verb
- be clear and obvious
- be bright by reflecting or casting light
- emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
- be shiny, as if wet
- be distinguished or eminent
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- throw or flash the light of (a lamp)
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- make (a surface) shine
noun
adj
- Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
- Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye, eyely; within sight or view.
- Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.
adj
- Evident to one's senses or reason; manifest, clear, unmistakable.
- Downright; total, unmistakable (as intensifier).
- Clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
- Not a trump.
- Containing no extended or nonprinting characters (especially in plain text).
- Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
- Honest and without deception; candid, open; blunt.
- Simple in habits or qualities; unsophisticated, not exceptional, ordinary.
- Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished.
- Having only few ingredients, or no additional ingredients or seasonings; not elaborate, without toppings or extras.
- Of just one colour; lacking a pattern.
noun
- A lamentation.
- An expanse of land with relatively low relief, usually exclusive of forests, deserts, and wastelands.
adv
adj
- being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
- no less than what is stated; worthy of the name
- of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
adj
- not to be taken lightly
- capable of being treated as fact
- being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
- (of property) fixed or immovable
- coinciding with reality
adv
noun
noun
verb
- To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out
- To attend; show up.
- To succeed; work out; turn out well.
- To end up; to result.
- To empty for inspection.
- To remove from a mould, bowl etc.
- To put (cattle) out to pasture.
- To get out of bed; get up.
- To convince to vote
- To extinguish a light or other device
- To produce; make.
- To leave one's work to take part in a strike.
- To rape; to coerce an otherwise heterosexual individual into performing a homosexual role.
- To convince a person (usually a woman) to become a prostitute.
- To leave a road.
- To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.
noun
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- a public display of a message
- any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
- structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
- (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
- having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
- an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
- a gesture that is part of a sign language
- a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified
- a character indicating a relation between quantities
adj
verb
- mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
- approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
- be engaged by a written agreement
- engage by written agreement
- communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
- place signs, as along a road
- communicate in sign language
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
noun
- Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.
- Something that is very easy to do.
- A firm hold.
- A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game.
- A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
verb
noun
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- a distinguishing symbol
- a reference point to shoot at
- a visible indication made on a surface
- the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
- formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
- an indication of damage
- a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
verb
- attach a tag or label to
- designate as if by a mark
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- celebrate by some ceremony or observation
- make or leave a mark on
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- notice or perceive
- mark with a scar
- make small marks into the surface of
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- make underscoring marks
- remove from a list
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
- insert punctuation marks into
adj
- Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent.
- Lacking depth of character or understanding; lacking substance or significance.
- Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.
- Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely.
- Situated or occurring on the skin or immediately beneath it.
- Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
- Denoting a quantity of a material expressed in terms of area covered rather than linear dimension or volume.
noun
adj
verb
- To impress, seem or appear (to).
- To hit.
- To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- To create an impression.
- To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- To balance (a ledger or account).
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- To impinge upon.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To make and ratify.
- To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- To cause to ignite by friction.
- To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- To set off on a walk or trip.
- To score a goal.
- To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
noun
- A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- The strike plate of a door.
- A cancellation postmark.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- A puddler's stirrer.
adj
- Evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.
- Detected; convicted.
- Obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
noun
- A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship.
- A file containing metadata describing other files.
verb
adj
English words for 'obvious or apparent'
As you may have noticed, above you will find words for "obvious or apparent". Hover the mouse over the word you'd like to know more about to view its definition. Click 
to find a better fitting word. Finally, thanks to ChatGPT, the overall results have been greatly improved.
Recent Queries
An escutcheon
ostrichism.
To twist
as a person
lecithin
your name
natural gift
to sacrifice something small in order to save something great
Indian millet
Having many angles
strangling
A pilot
a rift.
fatigued.
ostensibly
Not soft
Having many teeth
to look at again
saffron
export
without shoes on
volatile oil
cross-section
lose
mostly high plateau
suspicious-looking
to make an appearance
polymorphism
genial
impractical
caulking
ourselves
ill luck
an item
unwell
well, ...
envy
to come near
lodger
murmur
in other words
parting
otherwise
to misunderstand
to answer
death.
monk
to urge
involvement
severe