Antonyms for conspicuous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kuhn-spik-yoo-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : kənˈspɪk yu əs

Definition of conspicuous

Origin : 1540s, from Latin conspicuus "visible, open to view, striking," from conspicere "to look at, observe, see, notice," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + specere (see scope (n.1)). Phrase conspicuous by its absence (1859) is said to be from Tacitus ("Annals" iii.76), in a passage about certain images: "sed præfulgebant ... eo ipso quod effigies eorum non visebantur."

adj obvious, easily seen
adj important, prominent

Example sentences :

The country is very level, with low ranges, but no conspicuous hills.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

Jennens was a conspicuous figure in the London society of his day.
Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent

His moral and religious qualities were as conspicuous as his mental ones.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

It is the citizen-women alone who are conspicuous in history.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

Lastly, Variety: Variety is never so conspicuous, as when it is united with symmetry.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin

Of all her Court ladies I was the most youthful and, perhaps, the most conspicuous.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan

He acted a conspicuous part in the late war and died in 1815.
Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers

Decatur was the most conspicuous hero in the war with the Barbary States.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880 » by Various

They've got to be conspicuous, and without ideas they can't, so it's a vicious circle.
Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy

Queen Wetamoo and her husband, Quinnapin, were conspicuous in this dance.
Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Synonyms for conspicuous

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