obvious

English

"Water is wet" is an obvious statement.

Etymology

From Latin obvius (“being in the way so as to meet, meeting, easy to access, at hand, ready, obvious”), from ob- (“before”) + via (“way”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɒb.viː.əs/
• IPA: /ˈɒ.viː.əs/ (non-standard)

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Adjective

obvious (comparative more obvious, superlative most obvious)

1. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:obvious.

Antonyms

• unobvious
• non-obvious
• subtle

Derived terms

• obviously
• obviousness

Translations

easily discovered or understood; self-explanatory

• Arabic: واضح (ar) (wāɖeħ)
• Asturian: obviu (ast)
• Catalan: obvi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 明顯 (cmn), 明显 (cmn) (míngxiǎn), 顯然 (cmn), 显然 (cmn) (xiǎnrán), 顯而易見 (cmn), 显而易见 (cmn) (xiǎnéryìjiàn)

• Czech: zřejmý (cs) m, samozřejmý (cs)
• Danish: tydelig (da), åbenbar (da), oplagt (da), indlysende (da)
• Dutch: overduidelijk (nl), voor de hand liggend (nl)
• Esperanto: evidenta (eo)
• Estonian: selge (et)
• Finnish: ilmeinen (fi)
• French: évident (fr)
• Galician: obvio (gl)
• Georgian: (obsolete) საჩინო (ka) (sač'ino), ცხადი (ka) (c'xadi), აშკარა (ka) (aškara)
• German: offensichtlich (de)

• Hungarian: nyilvánvaló (hu), egyértelmű (hu)
• Italian: ovvio (it)
• Japanese: 明らか (ja) (あきらか, akiraka)
• Korean: 분명한 (ko) (bunmyeonghan)
• Maori: mārama (mi)
• Norwegian: opplagt (no), innlysende (no)
• Occitan: òbvi (oc)
• Pashto: ښکاره (ps) (ẍkâra) m and f, څرګند (ps) (śargand) m
• Polish: oczywisty (pl) m
• Portuguese: óbvio (pt)
• Romanian: evident (ro), clar (ro), limpede (ro), vădit (ro)
• Russian: очевидный (ru) (očevídnyj)
• Slovene: očiten (sl)
• Spanish: obvio (es)
• Swedish: tydlig (sv)
• Turkish: belli (tr), açık (tr), belirgin (tr)

See also

• plain
• clear
• evident
• manifest

External links

• obvious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• obvious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911