- easy to see or notice; likely to attract attention
- I felt very conspicuous in my new car.
- The notice must be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises.
- The event was a conspicuous success (= a very great one).
- Bay windows are a conspicuous feature of his architecture.
Extra Examples- Its yellow skin makes it highly conspicuous.
- The new building was rather conspicuous.
- The stain on her dress was horribly conspicuous.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- conspicuous by your absence
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin conspicuus (from conspicere ‘look at attentively’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + spicere ‘look at’) + -ous.
Idioms
See conspicuous in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee conspicuous in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishconspicuous by your absence
- not present in a situation or place, when it is obvious that you should be there
- The meeting went well but Nigel was conspicuous by his absence.
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