evident

Examples

• All

• In the long sweep of history, it is evident that these commentators were correct.

  Academic text (2011)

• Still, the strain of the event was evident to her friends.

  Harvard University

• Well, it seemed like the most evident place to start from.

• All right, So the problem is evident in the very first example.

• A few weeks after the leadership change occurred, it became quite evident that the unit had changed.

  Academic text (2011)

• Her fondness for you was quite evident the night she saved your life.

  Jungle Woman (1944)

• That was very much evident in today's earnings report.

  Variety

• [Morgan] The one place where the impact of our fast-food world has become more and more evident is in our nation's schools.

  Super Size Me (2004)

• Her displeasure at having to deliver such a message was clearly evident on her thin, pinched face.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The solution to the problem was evident from the clear evidence presented in the report.

Synonyms

O

obvious

vsevident

∞ 1.0

Easy to see or understand

is the same basic idea of being clear and easy to notice

P

plain

vsevident

335 1.0

Easy to see or understand

is similar but can cover slightly broader or less direct cases

A

apparent

vsevident

227 2.8

Easy to see or understand

focuses on simple obviousness rather than emphasis on perception

C

clear-cut

vsevident

45 4.2

Easy to see and understand

is obvious but may allow more general or softer cases

P

palpable

vsevident

44 6.1

A very strong feeling or atmosphere that you notice easily

is obvious but usually describes simple visual or mental clarity

C

crystal clear

vsevident

• Informal

41 2.5

Very easy to understand or hear

is obvious but can include milder or less intense clarity

U

unmistakable

vsevident

40 3.9

Very clear and easy to recognize

is obvious but can include less exclusive or distinct examples

D

discernible

vsevident

29 5.5

Something that is easy to see or notice

is stronger, meaning plainly obvious without needing close attention

S

self-evident

vsevident

29 4.8

Clear and obvious without needing proof

is obvious but can still rely on simple reasons or signs

M

manifest

vsevident

• Formal

21 4.2

Easy to see or notice, often showing a feeling

expresses general obviousness without stressing perceptual clarity

I

in evidence

vsevident

18 4.4

Easily seen or noticed

is obvious more generally, not only about being visually noticed

O

observable

vsevident

17 4.3

Able to be seen or noticed

is more about being clearly understood or plainly obvious

D

decided

vsevident

8 2.6

Very clear and easy to notice

is more general, not always marked or strongly definite

I

intelligible

vsevident

8 4.4

Easy to hear and understand

is obvious in sight or sense as well as understanding

P

patent

vsevident

3 4.1

Easy to see or understand

is plain obviousness without stressing recognizability as strongly

C

clearcut

vsevident

3 3.8

Easy to see and understand because there is no doubt

covers the same plain idea but in broader situations

D

decisive

vsevident

1 3.2

So clear that it leaves no doubt

is obvious but may be less forceful about removing doubt

G

glaringly apparent

vsevident

1 3.5

Very clear and hard to miss

is plain but may not demand such strong visual impact

Antonyms

A

ambiguous

67 6.3

Not clear because it can have more than one meaning

O

obscure

37 8.2

Hard to understand because it is unclear or complex

Compounds

S

self-evident truth

2 5.7

A clear fact that needs no proof or explanation

How Clear

obvious

∞ 1.0

evident

186 2.1

clear

∞ 1.0

noticeable

65 3.2

unclear

212 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology