- clear; easily seen synonym obvious
- The orchestra played with evident enjoyment.
- evident (to somebody) (that…) It has now become evident to us that a mistake has been made.
- evident in/from something The growing interest in history is clearly evident in the number of people visiting museums and country houses.
Synonyms clearclearobvious ▪ apparent ▪ evident ▪ plainThese words all describe something that is easy to see or understand.clear easy to see or understand and leaving no doubts:see also self-evident- It was quite clear to me that she was lying.
- It’s obvious from what he said that something is wrong.
- It was apparent from her face that she was really upset.
- The orchestra played with evident enjoyment.
- He made it very plain that he wanted us to leave.
- These words all have almost exactly the same meaning. There are slight differences in register and patterns of use. If you make something clear/plain, you do so deliberately because you want people to understand something; if you make something obvious, you usually do it without meaning to:
- I hope I make myself obvious.
- Try not to make it so clear/plain.
- an evident case of something.
- clear/obvious/apparent/evident/plain to somebody/something
- clear/obvious/apparent/evident/plain that/what/who/how/where/why…
- to seem/become/make something clear/obvious/apparent/evident/plain
- perfectly/quite/very clear/obvious/apparent/evident/plain
Extra Examples- The commitment to local products is equally evident on the restaurant's wine list.
- The silence of the forest was made evident by the occasional snap of a twig.
- The strain of her work schedule became painfully evident as she jetted from New York to London and on to Milan.
- Their symptoms may be less evident to their caregivers.
- It was evident to me that the mission would fail.
- It is already evident that new roads only generate new traffic.
- It was fairly evident from her tone of voice that she disapproved.
- Those characteristics are abundantly evident in Webster's essay.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- from
- in
- to
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin evidens, evident- ‘obvious to the eye or mind’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + videre ‘to see’.Definitions on the go
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