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| Main Entry: | apparent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | seeming, not proven real |
| Synonyms: | credible, illusive, illusory, likely, ostensible, outward, plausible, possible, probable, specious, superficial, supposed, semblant, suppositious |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hidden, improbable, obscure, questionable, real, uncertain, unclear, unlikely |
| Main Entry: | apparent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obvious |
| Synonyms: | barefaced, big as life, clear, clear cut, conspicuous, crystal clear, discernible, distinct, evident, glaring, indubitable, make no bones, manifest, marked, noticeable, observable, open, open and shut, out in the open, overt, palpable, patent, perceivable, plain, self-evident, transparent, unambiguous, under one's nose, understandable, unequivocal, unmistakable, visible |
| Main Entry: | appreciable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily noticed; considerable |
| Synonyms: | apparent, clear-cut, definite, discernible, estimable, evident, healthy, large, manifest, marked, material, measurable, noticeable, observable, obvious, perceivable, perceptible, plain, pronounced, sensible, significant, sizable, substantial, tangible, visible, ascertainable, detectable, distinguishable, good-sized, goodly, recognizable |
| Antonyms: | imperceptible, negligible, unnoticed, inconsiderable, unappreciable |
| Main Entry: | barefaced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameless; open |
| Synonyms: | apparent, arrant, audacious, blatant, blunt, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, candid, clear, flagrant, frank, glaring, immodest, impudent, insolent, manifest, naked, obvious, palpable, temerarious, transparent, unconcealed, unabashed |
| Antonyms: | careful, quiet, shamed |
| Main Entry: | delusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deceptive |
| Synonyms: | apparent, chimerical, fallacious, false, fanciful, fantastic, illusive, illusory, imaginary, misleading, ostensible, quixotic, seeming, specious, spurious, visionary, beguiling, deceiving, deluding |
| Antonyms: | actual, certain, factual, honest, real, truthful |
| Main Entry: | discernible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recognizable; distinct |
| Synonyms: | apparent, appreciable, audible, clear, noticeable, observable, obvious, palpable, perceivable, perceptible, plain, sensible, tangible, visible, detectable, discoverable, distinguishable |
| Antonyms: | indistinct, invisible, unrecognizable, obscured, unnoticeable |
| Main Entry: | external |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outside, extrinsic |
| Synonyms: | alien, apparent, exterior, extraneous, foreign, independent, out, outer, outermost, outward, over, peripheral, superficial, surface, visible, outmost |
| Antonyms: | inside, internal, intrinsic |
| Main Entry: | facile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easy; easily mastered |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, adept, adroit, apparent, articulate, breeze, child's play, cursory, deft, dexterous, easy as pie*, effortless, fast talk, flip*, fluent, glib, hasty, light, obvious, picnic*, practiced, proficient, pushover*, quick, ready, shallow, simple, skillful, slick*, smooth, superficial, uncomplicated, untroublesome, voluble |
| Antonyms: | arduous, complicated, confusing, difficult, hard, involved, laborious, profound |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frank |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | completely honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, apparent, artless, blunt, bold, brazen, candid, direct, downright, easy, familiar, flat-out*, forthright, free, guileless, ingenuous, matter-of-fact, naive, natural, open, outright, outspoken, plain, real, scrupulous, sincere, straight, straightforward, transparent, truthful, unconcealed, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestricted, up front, upright, bare-faced, call a spade a spade, from the hip, heart-to-heart, lay it on the line, like it is, plain-spoken, saying what one thinks, undisguised |
| Antonyms: | devious, dishonest, evasive, insincere, secretive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | illusory/illusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deceptive, false |
| Synonyms: | apparent, chimerical, deceitful, delusive, fake, fallacious, fanciful, fantastic, fictitious, ideal, imaginary, misleading, mistaken, ostensible, pseudo*, seeming, sham*, unreal, untrue, visionary, whimsical, blue-sky, delusory, fictional, fictive, hallucinatory, semblant, suppositious |
| Antonyms: | certain, factual, real, sure, true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | literal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | word for word; exact, real |
| Synonyms: | accurate, actual, apparent, authentic, bona fide, close, critical, faithful, genuine, gospel, methodical, natural, ordinary, plain, scrupulous, simple, strict, true, unerring, unvarnished, usual, veracious, verbal, verbatim, veritable, written, not figurative, to the letter, undeviating, unexaggerated |
| Antonyms: | exaggerated, figurative, imaginative, loose |
| Main Entry: | manifest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clear, obvious |
| Synonyms: | apparent, bold, clear-cut*, conspicuous, distinct, evident, glaring, noticeable, open, palpable, patent, plain, prominent, shown, straightforward, unambiguous, unmistakable, visible, big as life, crystal clear, disclosed, divulged, evidenced, evinced, revealed, told |
| Antonyms: | ambiguous, concealed, obscure, unclear, vague |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | noticeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conspicuous, evident |
| Synonyms: | apparent, appreciable, arresting, arrestive, big as life, can't miss it, clear, distinct, eye-catching, manifest, marked, notable, noteworthy, observable, obvious, open and shut, outstanding, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, pointed, prominent, remarkable, salient, sensational, signal, spectacular, striking, under one's nose, unmistakable |
| Notes: | notable means 'worthy of notice' and noticeable means 'readily observed' |
| Antonyms: | forgotten, inconspicuous, obscure, overlooked, unnoticeable |
| Main Entry: | open-and-shut |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pretty much decided |
| Synonyms: | apparent, assured, clear, clear-cut, conclusive, easy, evident, explicit, glaring, guaranteed, in the bag, indisputable, obvious, ordinary, plain, routine, self-evident, self-explanatory, simple, straightforward, undeniable, unmistakable, cinched, clear as a bell, cut and dried, distinguishable, iced, nailed down, sewn up, undisguised |
| Main Entry: | ostensible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alleged, supposed |
| Synonyms: | apparent, avowed, demonstrative, exhibited, illusive, illusory, likely, manifest, notable, outward, plausible, pretended, professed, quasi, seeming, so-called*, specious, superficial, colorable, purported, semblant |
| Antonyms: | improbable, obscure, unlikely, vague |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | visible; for appearances |
| Synonyms: | apparent, evident, exterior, external, noticeable, observable, obvious, open, ostensible, out, outer, outside, over, perceptible, superficial, surface, from within, on the surface, to the eye, toward the edge |
| Antonyms: | invisible, inward |
| Main Entry: | overt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obvious, unconcealed |
| Synonyms: | apparent, clear, definite, manifest, observable, open, patent, plain, public, visible, undisguised |
| Antonyms: | concealed, hidden, private, secret |
| Main Entry: | patent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconcealed, conspicuous |
| Synonyms: | apparent, barefaced*, blatant, clear, clear-cut, distinct, downright, evident, exclusive, flagrant, glaring, gross*, indisputable, limited, manifest, obvious, open, palpable, plain, prominent, rank, straightforward, transparent, unequivocal, unmistakable, controlled, crystal clear, open and shut |
| Antonyms: | concealed, hidden, inconspicuous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perceptible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noticeable, obvious |
| Synonyms: | apparent, appreciable, audible, clear, conspicuous, discernible, distinct, evident, lucid, observable, palpable, perceivable, perspicuous, sensible, signal, tangible, understandable, visible, cognizable, detectable, distinguishable, recognizable |
| Antonyms: | ambiguous, imperceptible, invisible, obscure, silent, vague, unnoticeable |
| Main Entry: | perspicuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clear, obvious |
| Synonyms: | apparent, clear-cut, comprehensible, crystal*, distinct, explicit, intelligible, limpid, lucid, luminous, pellucid, plain, self-evident, straightforward, transparent, unambiguous, understandable, crystal-clear, easily understood, lucent, unblurred |
| Antonyms: | obscure, unclear, vague |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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