obvious

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑb.vi.əs/, (fast speech) /ˈɑ.vi.əs/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒ.vɪəs/, /ˈɒb.vɪəs/, (fast speech) /ˈɒv.jəs/ Hyphenation: ob‧vi‧ous === Adjective === obvious (comparative more obvious, superlative most obvious) Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:obvious ==== Antonyms ==== See Thesaurus:obvious ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “obvious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “obvious”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. obvious in Britannica Dictionary obvious in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary obvious in Ozdic collocation dictionary obvious in WordReference English Collocations