evident
Adjective Satellite
- clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
- "evident hostility"
- capable of being seen or noticed
- "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript"
Adj
- Obviously true by simple observation.
Adjective
- Clearly visible or understood; obvious.
Examples
- It was EVIDENT from his tile choices that he was planning a long word.
- It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin ēvidēns (“visible, apparent, clear, plain”) (compare Late Latin ēvideor (“to appear plainly”)), from ē (“out”) + videō (“see”), present participle vidēns, deponent videor (“to appear, seem”). Displaced native Old English sweotol.
Synonyms
apparent, discernible, manifest, observable, patent, plain, unmistakable, arrant, bait, blatant, clear, clear as a bell, clear as day, clear cut, crystal clear, cut and dried, decided, elucidate, evident, eyely, glaring, intuitive, notable, noticeable, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensible, palpable, plain as Dunstable highway, plain as Salisbury, plain as a haystack, plain as a pikestaff, plain as day, plain as porridge, plain as print, plain as the nose on one's face, prima facie, res ipsa loquitur, straightforward, undissembled, undoubted
Scrabble Score: 11
evident: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordevident: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
evident: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary