apparentadjective
uk/əˈpær.ənt/us/əˈper.ənt/B2 able to be seen or understood:
Her unhappiness was apparent to everyone.
[ + that ] It was becoming increasingly apparent that he could no longer take care of himself.
I was on the metro this morning when, for no apparent reason, the man opposite me suddenly screamed.
C1 [ before noun ] seeming to exist or be true:
There are one or two apparent discrepancies between the two reports.
She has this apparent innocence which, I suspect, she uses to her advantage.
More examples
- Various reasons are given for the apparent glass ceiling women hit in many professions.
- Criminal gangs are terrorizing the city with apparent impunity.
- At school she was a late developer, and it wasn't until she went to university that her talents became apparent.
- In the middle of the meeting she suddenly laid into him for no apparent reason.
- A small worry in the back of your mind can for no apparent reason take on massive proportions in the middle of the night.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Apparent and obvious
- be (as) plain as the nose on your face idiom
- be (right) under your nose idiom
- be etched somewhere idiom
- be writ large idiom
- blatant
- linear
- loud
- loud and clear idiom
- manifest
- manifestly
- marked
- naked
- nose
- recognizable
- self-evident
- shine
- shine out
- shine through
- speaks for itself idiom
- stark
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Seeming and purporting to be