Synonyms for conspicuous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuhn-spik-yoo-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈspɪk yu əs |
Top 10 synonyms for conspicuous Other synonyms for the word conspicuous
- arresting
- arrestive
- celebrated
- clear
- commanding
- distinguished
- eminent
- famed
- famous
- flashy
- garish
- glitzy
- illustrious
- jazzy
- loud
- manifest
- marked
- noted
- notorious
- open-and-shut
- outstanding
- patent
- perceptible
- plain
- pointed
- rank
- remarkable
- renowned
- salient
- screaming
- showy
- signal
- splashy
- stick out like sore thumb
- striking
- tony
- visible
- well-known
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for conspicuous
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