Standard Lemma guide

apparent

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /əˈpæɹənt/
  • General-American: /əˈpæɹənt/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /əˈpɛɹənt/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
  • US: Mmmm Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Scotland, Wales: /əˈpaɾənt/
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 P EH1 R AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Her disappointment was apparent to everyone.
  • The apparent cause of the fire was faulty wiring.
  • make apparent
  • become apparent
  • for no apparent reason

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1785, Thomas Reid, Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, Essay II (“Of the Powers we have by means of our External Senses”), Chapter XIX (“Of Matter and of Space”), What George Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English apparaunt, aparaunt, from Old French aparent, aparant, in turn from Latin appārēns, appārentis, present participle of appāreō.

Across languages

Translations

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: видим (vidim) — visible
  • Bulgarian: забележим (zabeležim) — visible
  • Czech: zjevný — visible
  • Czech: viditelný — visible
  • Dutch: zichtbaar — visible
  • Dutch: evident — visible
  • Dutch: klaar — visible
  • Dutch: duidelijk — visible
  • Finnish: näkyvä — visible
  • Finnish: silminnähtävä — visible
  • French: apparent — visible
  • French: visible — visible
  • German: offensichtlich — visible
  • Ancient Greek: φανερός (phanerós) — visible
  • Hindi: दृश्य (dŕśya) — visible
  • Hindi: प्रत्यक्ष (pratyakṣ) — visible
  • Hungarian: látható — visible
  • Italian: apparente — visible
  • Italian: visibile — visible
  • Japanese: 目に見える (me ni mieru) — visible
  • Japanese: 瞭然の (ryōzen no) — visible
  • Latin: manifestus — visible
  • Latvian: redzams — visible
  • Pashto: ښکاره (ẍkâra) — visible
  • Pashto: څرګند (śargand) — visible
  • Polish: widoczny — visible
  • Portuguese: visível — visible
  • Romanian: vădit — visible
  • Romanian: evident — visible
  • Russian: ви́димый (vídimyj) — visible
  • Sanskrit: दृष्ट (dṛṣṭa) — visible
  • Slovene: viden — visible
  • Spanish: visible — visible
  • Ukrainian: видимий (vydymyj) — visible
  • Belarusian: відаво́чны (vidavóčny) — clear
  • Bulgarian: явен (javen) — clear
  • Bulgarian: очевиден (očeviden) — clear
  • Chinese Mandarin: 明确的 — clear
  • Czech: zjevný — clear
  • Czech: očividný — clear
  • Dutch: ogenschijnlijk — clear
  • Dutch: klaar — clear
  • Dutch: duidelijk — clear
  • Finnish: ilmeinen — clear
  • Finnish: selvä — clear
  • French: manifeste — clear
  • French: criant — clear
  • French: évident — clear
  • German: offensichtlich — clear
  • Hindi: प्रत्यक्ष (pratyakṣ) — clear
  • Hungarian: nyilvánvaló — clear
  • Hungarian: kézenfekvő — clear
  • Hungarian: egyértelmű — clear
  • Hungarian: evidens — clear
  • Irish: soiléir — clear
  • Italian: evidente — clear
  • Italian: chiaro — clear
  • Japanese: 明白な (meihaku na) — clear
  • Japanese: 明確な (meikaku na) — clear
  • Japanese: 明瞭な (meiryō na) — clear
  • Latin: manifestus — clear
  • Latvian: redzams — clear
  • Latvian: skaidrs — clear
  • Māori: ariari — clear
  • Pashto: څرګند (śargand) — clear
  • Polish: oczywisty — clear
  • Portuguese: evidente — clear
  • Portuguese: claro — clear
  • Portuguese: manifesto — clear
  • Romanian: evident — clear
  • Romanian: clar — clear
  • Romanian: manifest — clear
  • Romanian: vădit — clear
  • Russian: очеви́дный (očevídnyj) — clear
  • Russian: я́вный (jávnyj) — clear
  • Slovene: očíten — clear
  • Spanish: claro — clear
  • Spanish: evidente — clear
  • Spanish: manifiesto — clear
  • Ottoman Turkish: آچق (açık) — clear
  • Ottoman Turkish: بللی (belli) — clear
  • Ottoman Turkish: ظاهر (zahir) — clear
  • Ottoman Turkish: منجلی (münceli) — clear
  • Ottoman Turkish: دركار (derkâr) — clear
  • Ukrainian: очеви́дний (očevýdnyj) — clear
  • Ukrainian: я́вний (jávnyj) — clear
  • Bulgarian: привиден (prividen) — seeming
  • Catalan: aparent — seeming
  • Czech: zdánlivý — seeming
  • Dutch: ogenschijnlijk — seeming
  • Dutch: klaarblijkelijk — seeming
  • Esperanto: ŝajna — seeming
  • Finnish: näennäinen — seeming
  • French: apparent — seeming
  • German: offenbar — seeming
  • Hindi: प्रत्यक्ष (pratyakṣ) — seeming
  • Hungarian: látszólagos — seeming
  • Irish: dealramhach — seeming
  • Irish: follasach — seeming
  • Italian: apparente — seeming
  • Latvian: redzams — seeming
  • Pashto: ښکاره (ẍkâra) — seeming
  • Polish: pozorny — seeming
  • Portuguese: aparente — seeming
  • Russian: ка́жущийся (kážuščijsja) — seeming
  • Slovene: očíten — seeming
  • Spanish: aparente — seeming
  • Spanish: ostensible — seeming
  • Spanish: aparencial — seeming
  • Spanish: apariencial — seeming
  • Ukrainian: удаваний (udavanyj) — seeming
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