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Synonyms for obviousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ob-vee-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒb vi əs |
Top 10 synonyms for obviousness Other synonyms for the word obviousness
- atrociousness
- atrocity
- blatancy
- brazenness
- brightness
- certainty
- chastity
- classicality
- clean lines
- clearness
- cognizability
- comprehensibility
- conspicuousness
- decipherability
- definition
- distinctness
- ease
- easiness
- egregiousness
- elementariness
- enormity
- evidence
- exactitude
- exactness
- explicability
- explicitness
- flagrance
- flagrantness
- glaringness
- grossness
- guilelessness
- heinousness
- homogeneity
- ingenuousness
- innocence
- intelligibility
- lack of adornment
- legibility
- limpidity
- limpidness
- lucidity
- lucidness
- manifestness
- monotony
- naiveté
- naturalness
- obviousness
- openness
- overtness
- palpability
- pellucidity
- pellucidness
- penetrability
- perceptibility
- perspicuity
- perspicuousness
- plainness
- precision
- primitiveness
- prominence
- salience
- severity
- simplicity
- singleness
- sophistication artlessness
- straightforwardness
- tangibility
- transparency
- unambiguity
- uniformity
- unmistakability
Définition of obviousness
Origin :- 1580s, "frequently met with," from Latin obvius "that is in the way, presenting itself readily, open, exposed, commonplace," from obviam (adv.) "in the way," from ob "against" (see ob-) + viam, accusative of via "way" (see via). Meaning "plain to see, evident" is first recorded 1630s. Related: Obviously; obviousness.
- As in simplicity : noun absence of complication,
- As in flagrance : noun flagrancy
- As in flagrancy : noun flagrant state
- As in flagrantness : noun flagrancy
- As in limpidity : noun clarity
- As in limpidness : noun clarity
- As in lucidness : noun clarity
- As in clarity : noun clearness
- As in pellucidity : noun clarity
- As in pellucidness : noun clarity
- As in perspicuity : noun clarity
- As in perspicuousness : noun clarity
- As in plainness : noun clarity
- At times the obviousness of my innocence would reduce me to despair.
- Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
- The thing she had to fight against most was the recognition of his obviousness.
- Extract from : « Narcissus » by Evelyn Scott
- The obviousness of this further contradiction is paralleled only by its inevitableness.
- Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey
- "I'll tell him that, too," he said, chuckling at the obviousness of the other's trap.
- Extract from : « The Country Beyond » by James Oliver Curwood
- His The Making of Religion bears proof of its obviousness on every page.
- Extract from : « An Introduction to Mythology » by Lewis Spence
- One or two of them ventured a scornful laugh, at the obviousness of the trick.
- Extract from : « Black Man's Burden » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
- He ought to experience their obviousness, their inconvenience, their distraction.
- Extract from : « A New Atmosphere » by Gail Hamilton
- Again her obviousness touched the secret spring of laughter in him.
- Extract from : « The King of Arcadia » by Francis Lynde
- "So I should gather," laughing a little at the obviousness of my last piece of information.
- Extract from : « Nancy » by Rhoda Broughton
- Observation without imagination makes for obviousness; imagination without observation turns into nonsense.
- Extract from : « Five Plays » by Edward John Dunsany
Antonyms for obviousness
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