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obvious

  • adjective
  • ob·vi·ous
  • /ˈɑb.vi.əs/

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

Related words

  • nonobvious
  • obviosity
  • overobvious
  • semiobvious
  • unobvious
  • obviously
  • obviousness
  • master of the obvious
  • obvious by inspection
  • state the obvious
  • non-obvious
  • obvi

Example sentences

  • “Things like that aren't always obvious.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “Yes, it's quite obvious!”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “obvious” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.