Synonyms and Antonyms of obvious
- that remark was an obvious joke, so lighten up
apparent, bald, bald-faced, barefaced, bright-line, broad, clear, clear-cut, crystal clear, decided, distinct, evident, lucid, luculent, luminous, manifest, nonambiguous, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, ringing, straightforward, transparent, unambiguous, unambivalent, unequivocal, unmistakable
cognizable, cognoscible, comprehendible, comprehensible, digestible, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, understandable
self-evident, self-explanatory
clean-cut, simple, tidy, uncomplicated
appreciable, perceptible, recognizable, sensible, tangible
discernible (also discernable), noticeable, observable, visible
ambiguous, clouded, cryptic, dark, enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, indistinct, mysterious, nonobvious, obfuscated, obscure, unapparent, unclarified, unclear
- obvious errors in the book that the editor or proofreader should have caught
arresting, clear, distinct, dramatic, emphatic, evident, eye-catching, marked, notable, noticeable, outstanding, plain, prominent, remarkable, salient, showy, splashy
absolute, arrant, downright, out-and-out, outright, sheer, stark, utter
detectable, discernible (also discernable), observable, perceptible, visible
abominable, atrocious, awful, deplorable, execrable, heinous, lousy, monstrous, outrageous, preposterous, shameful, shocking, terrible, wretched