Definition of EVIDENT

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 Word
evident: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
evident: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

evident: valid Words With Friends Word