conspicuous
kuhn-SPIK-yoo-uhs/kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/
- 1Standing out clearly so as to be easily seen or noticed, sometimes in an unwelcome way.
Road crews wear conspicuous orange vests so that drivers can spot them from far away.
The new mayor was conspicuous by her absence at the ribbon-cutting.
UsageSet phrase: conspicuous by your absence, said pointedly of someone who should have been there.
Similarnoticeable, prominent, obvious, striking
Oppositeinconspicuous, unobtrusive
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Origin
Latin con- ("with, together") and specere ("to look at") formed cōnspicere ("to notice"), and that verb gave Latin conspicuus ("visible, striking"), the source of the English word.