conspicuous
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- obvious, blatant, clear, evident, noticeable, patent, salient
- noteworthy, illustrious, notable, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, salient, signal, striking

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Antonyms: inconspicuous
Contrasted words: common, everyday, ordinary, covert, secret, concealed, hidden
Related Words: celebrated, eminent, illustrious, showy

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English Thesaurus: obvious, clear, noticeable, conspicuous, unmistakable, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

con‧spic‧u‧ous /kənˈspɪkjuəs/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: conspicuus, from conspicere 'to get to see', from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + specere 'to look']

1. very easy to notice Antonym : inconspicuous:
The notice must be displayed in a conspicuous place.
a bird with conspicuous white markings
I felt very conspicuous in my red coat.

2. conspicuous success, courage etc is very great and impressive:
He had represented Italy with conspicuous success.
The award is given for notable or conspicuous achievement in science.

3. be conspicuous by your/its absence used to say that someone or something is not somewhere where they were expected to be:
a group that were conspicuous by their absence from the awards ceremony

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

conspicuous
adj.
VERBS be, feel, seem | become | make sb Its colouring makes it highly conspicuous.
ADV. highly, very | rather, somewhat The new building was rather conspicuous.
horribly, uncomfortably The stain on her dress was horribly conspicuous.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

obvious something that is obvious is very easy to notice or understand – used especially when you are surprised that other people cannot notice it:
There is an obvious connection between the two murders.
It was obvious that something was wrong.
clear easy to notice that something is true, so that you feel sure about it and have no doubts:
It was clear to me that my father was dying.
There are clear signs of an economic recovery.
noticeable very easy to notice, especially because you can see, hear, smell, or feel something:
Steroid drugs cause a noticeable change in someone’s behaviour.
Road noise tends to be more noticeable in certain weather conditions.
conspicuous very easy to notice, because of being different from things around them:
a conspicuous white spot on the bird’s wings
She tried to make herself look less conspicuous.
Don’t leave your valuables in a conspicuous place.
unmistakable extremely obvious, so that you cannot possibly confuse something with something else:
the unmistakable sound of gunfire
The flower’s scent is unmistakable.
self-evident formal facts, ideas etc that are self-evident are obvious and true, although some people may not accept them or know about them:
The facts in this case are self-evident and cannot be denied.
We hold these truths to be self-evident (=we believe that they obvious and true – from the American Declaration of Independence).
blatant use this about something that someone does which is clearly bad, but which they do not seem to be ashamed of:
a blatant lie
The bill is a blatant attempt to limit our right to free speech.
can tell to know that something must be true because you can see signs that show this:
Even though it was dark, she could tell it was him.
How can you tell if you’ve broken your arm?

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