obvious
[ ob-vee-uhs ]
/ ˈɒb vi əs /
adjective
easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
lacking in subtlety.
Obsolete.
being or standing in the way.
Origin of obvious
SYNONYMS FOR obvious
ANTONYMS FOR obvious
1
hidden.
synonym study for obvious
1. See
apparent.
OTHER WORDS FROM obvious
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH obvious
oblivious obviousWords nearby obvious
Example sentences from the Web for non-obvious
Down road will be battles over whether cDNA is non-obvious.
This is a difficult standard to meet, especially in regard to the requirement that your invention be non-obvious.
Was Martha Stewart Plagiarized? Debating Patents for Recipes |Paul Campos |February 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for non-obvious
obvious
/ (ˈɒbvɪəs) /
adjective
easy to see or understand; evident
exhibiting motives, feelings, intentions, etc, clearly or without subtlety
naive or unsubtle
the play was rather obvious
obsolete
being or standing in the way
Derived forms of obvious
obviousness, nounWord Origin for obvious
C16: from Latin
obvius, from
obviam in the way, from
ob- against +
via way