English Explanatory Dictionary

conspicuous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Obvious or easy to notice.
Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.

Pronunciation

/kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/ En-us-conspicuous.ogg

Word forms

conspicuous more conspicuous most conspicuous

Etymology

From Latin conspicuus (“visible, striking”), from cōnspicere (“to notice”), from con- (“with, together”) + specere (“to look at”).

Synonyms

attention-grabbing conspicuous eye-catching flashy glossy grabby high-profile prominent salient apparent evident observable perceivable arrant undoubted glaring bait blatant clear clear as a bell clear as day clear cut crystal clear cut and dried decided elucidate eyely intuitive manifest notable noticeable obvious open-and-shut ostensible palpable patent plain plain as a haystack plain as a pikestaff plain as day plain as Dunstable highway plain as porridge plain as print plain as Salisbury plain as the nose on one's face prima facie res ipsa loquitur splendent straightforward undissembled detectable discernable perceptible sensable sensible

Antonyms

inconspicuous

Related words

conspicuity conspicuousness gaudy illuminated shining shiny

Derived words

conspicuous by one's absence conspicuous consumer conspicuous consumption conspicuously inconspicuous semiconspicuous

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