'Evident' definitions:
Definition of 'evident'
From: WordNet
adjective
Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" [syn: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable]
adjective
Capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript"; "an observable change in behavior" [syn: discernible, evident, observable]
Definition of 'Evident'
From: GCIDE
- Evident \Ev"i*dent\, a. [F. ['e]vinent, l. evidens, -entis; e out + videns, p. pr. of videre to see. See Vision.] Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of a body is evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made evident. [1913 Webster]
- Your honor and your goodness is so evident. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- And in our faces evident the signs Of foul concupiscence. --Milton.
- Syn: Manifest; plain; clear; obvious; visible; apparent; conclusive; indubitable; palpable; notorious. See Manifest. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'evident'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apparent,
- beholdable,
- clean-cut,
- clear,
- clear as crystal,
- clear-cut,
- comprehensible,
- conspicuous,
- crystal-clear,
- defined,
- definite,
- detectable,
- discernible,
- disclosed,
- distinct,
- explicit,
- exposed,
- exposed to view,
- express,
- glaring,
- hanging out,
- in evidence,
- in focus,
- in full view,
- in plain sight,
- in view,
- incontrovertible,
- indisputable,
- indubitable,
- insight,
- manifest,
- naked,
- noticeable,
- observable,
- obvious,
- open,
- open to view,
- open-and-shut,
- outcropping,
- palpable,
- patent,
- perceivable,
- perceptible,
- perspicuous,
- plain,
- plain as day,
- prominent,
- pronounced,
- recognizable,
- revealed,
- seeable,
- self-evident,
- self-explaining,
- self-explanatory,
- showing,
- staring,
- straightforward,
- tangible,
- to be seen,
- unambiguous,
- unclouded,
- unconcealed,
- understandable,
- undisguised,
- unhidden,
- unmistakable,
- viewable,
- visible,
- visual,
- well-defined,
- well-marked,
- well-pronounced,
- well-resolved,
- witnessable
Words containing 'Evident'
- Evidence,
- Evidently,
- Evidentness,
- in evidence,
- Circumstantial evidence,
- Conclusive evidence,
- Crown's evidence,
- Demurrer to evidence,
- Direct evidence,
- Hearsay evidence,
- Indirect evidence,
- King's evidence,
- Material evidence,
- Presumptive evidence,
- Queen's evidence,
- Secondary evidence,
- State's evidence,
- cogent evidence,
- corroborating evidence,
- footprint evidence,
- rule of evidence,
- Ex parte evidence,
- Prima facie evidence,
- Self-evidence,
- Self-evident,
- Self-evidently,
- To turn King's evidence,
- To turn Queen's evidence,
- To turn State's evidence,
- best evidence rule,
- parol evidence rule,
- self-evident truth