# obvious

Pronunciation: say "OB-vee-uhs" US /ˈɑb.vi.əs/, UK /ˈɒ.vɪəs/

## Adjective

1. Easy to discover, see, or understand, and needing no explanation to make sense.
   - Simple: Easy to see or understand, so no one needs to explain it.
   - _The solution to the puzzle became obvious once she turned the page._
   - _His discomfort was obvious from the way he kept glancing at the door._
2. So easy to predict or see through that it shows no subtlety or originality.
   - Simple: Too easy to guess or see through, so it is not clever or new.
   - _Critics dismissed the novel's symbolism as heavy-handed and obvious._
   - _His attempts to steer the conversation toward his new business were a little too obvious to fool anyone._

## Origin

English formed it in the 16th century by adding -ous to Latin obvius ("being in the way so as to meet, easy to access, at hand, ready, obvious"). The Latin word was itself built from ob- ("before") and via ("way").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/obvious (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).