Definition of OBVIOUS

obvious

Meanings

Adjective

  • easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
    • "obvious errors"

Adj

  • Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.

Origin / 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”).

Synonyms

apparent, arrant, bait, blatant, clear, clear as a bell, clear as day, clear cut, crystal clear, cut and dried, decided, elucidate, evident, eyely, glaring, intuitive, manifest, notable, noticeable, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensible, palpable, patent, plain, plain as a haystack, plain as a pikestaff, plain as day, plain as Dunstable highway, plain as porridge, plain as print, plain as Salisbury, plain as the nose on one's face, prima facie, res ipsa loquitur, straightforward, undissembled, undoubted

Antonyms

clear as mud, inevident, muddied, muddled, non-obvious, nonevident, nonobvious, opaque, subtle, unclear, unevident, unobvious

Scrabble Score: 12

obvious is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
obvious is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
obvious is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

obvious is a valid Words With Friends word