easily seen; easily understood or known
apparent, understandable
Cases of word usage
1) (of bad behaviour, telling a lie) obvious and without caring; without regret (blatant)
2) (a tendency towards) a sudden change of mind or behaviour that has no obvious cause (caprice)
3) an obvious refusal to obey (defiance)
4) a group of words with a meaning that is not obvious through knowledge of the individual words but must be learnt as a whole, e.g. 'give up, in order to, be all ears' (idiom)
5) not striking or obvious (inconspicuous)
6) corresponding exactly to the original; taking words in their usual and obvious sense without exaggeration etc (literal)
7) producing, having, much sound; (of a person's behaviour; of colour) unpleasant because too obvious or extreme (loud)
8) noticeable, obvious (marked)
9) very (often too) noticeable or obvious (obtrusive)
10) to cause (a person, event etc) to seem less important or obvious (overshadow)