Meanings
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adj
Easy to see or understand; clear.
It was obvious that she had been crying.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Opposites
inconspicuousinevidentmuddiedmuddlednon-obviousnonevidentnonobviousopaquesubtleunclearunevidentunobvious
Word family
Forms
obviousness
Etymology
16th century, from Latin obvius (“being in the way so as to meet, meeting, easy to access, at hand, ready, obvious”) + -ous, from ob- (“before”) + via (“way”).