apparent

  • (s) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
    • the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields
    • evident hostility
    • manifest disapproval
    • patent advantages
    • made his meaning plain
    • it is plain that he is no reactionary
    • in plain view
    evident, manifest, plain, patent, unmistakable,
  • (s) appearing as such but not necessarily so
    • for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent
    • the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies
    • the ostensible truth of their theories
    • his seeming honesty
    ostensible, seeming,

Synonyms

evident manifest plain patent unmistakable ostensible seeming

Words of close approximity

apparel
apparent horizon apparently apparent motion apparent movement apparentness