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apparent

adjective

1 apparent

Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment:
— The effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields.

synonyms: evident, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable.

Roget 525: manifest, apparent; salient, striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced.    flagrant; notorious etc. (public) ... show more

Roget 446: visible, perceptible, perceivable, discernible, apparent; in view, in full view, in sight; exposed to view, en vidence; unclouded, unobscured, in the foreground.    ... show more

Roget 6: derived from without; objective; extrinsic, extrinsical; extraneous etc. (foreign) 57; modal, adventitious; ascititious, adscititious; incidental, accidental, ... show more

Polish: ewidentny

2 apparent

Appearing as such but not necessarily so:
— For all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent.
— The committee investigated some apparent discrepancies.

synonyms: ostensible, seeming.

Roget 472: probable, likely, hopeful, to be expected, in a fair way.    plausible, specious, ostensible, colorable, ben trovato [It], well-founded, reasonable, credible, easy of belief, ... show more

Roget 448: apparent, seeming, ostensible; on view.   

Polish: pozorny, fasadowy


Moby thesaurus: Barmecidal, Barmecide, airy, apparitional, appearing, autistic, beholdable, chimeric, clear, clear as crystal, colorable, colored, conceivable, conspicuous, cortical, credible, crystal-clear, deceptive, delusional, delusionary ... show more.

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