obvious
adjEtymology
16th century, from Latin obvius (“being in the way so as to meet, meeting, easy to access, at hand, ready, obvious”) + -ous, from ob- (“before”) + via (“way”).
Definitions
Easily discovered, seen, or understood
Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
- One of the most obvious results of the B.R. Modernisation Plan has been the increasing use of diesel and electric traction; a less obvious by-product is the increase in track damage possible with the new forms of traction.
The neighborhood
- antonymclear as mud
- antonyminconspicuous
- antonyminevident
- antonymnonevident
- antonymmuddied
- antonymmuddled
- antonymnon-obvious
- antonymnonobvious
- antonymopaque
- antonymsubtle
- antonymunclear
- antonymunobvious
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at obvious. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at obvious. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at obvious
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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