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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Obvious \Ob"vi*ous\, adjective [L. obvius; ob (see {Ob-}) + via way. See {Voyage}.]
1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.]
To the evil turn My obvious breast. --Milton.
2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] ''Obvious to dispute.'' --Milton.
3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.
Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. --Pope.
Syn: Plain; clear; evident. See {Manifest}. -- {Ob"vi*ous*ly}, adverb -- {Ob"vi*ous-ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
obvious
adjective
1: easily perceived or understood; "obvious errors" [ant: {unobvious}]
2: easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "a perceptible sense of expectation in the court"; "an obvious (or palpable) lie" [syn: {perceptible}]
3: obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening" [syn: {conspicuous}] [ant: {inconspicuous}]
4: obvious to the eye; "a visible change of expression" [syn: {visible}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "obvious": apparent, bald, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear-cut, conspicuous, crystal-clear, defined, definite, direct, discernible, distinct, evident, explicit, express, glaring, in focus, indisputable, indubitable, manifest, noticeable, observable, open, open-and-shut, ostensible, overt, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, plain as day, prominent, pronounced, seeable, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory, simple, staring, straightforward, tangible, to be seen, unambiguous, unconcealed, undeniable, unequivocal, unhidden, unmistakable, unsubtle, visible, well-defined, well-marked, well-pronounced, well-resolved
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