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conspicuous

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.

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  • /kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Obvious or easy to notice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He was conspicuous by his absence.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apparent, evident, observable, perceivable, arrant, undoubted, glaring, bait, blatant, clear, clear as a bell, clear as day, clear cut, conspicuous, crystal clear, cut and dried, decided, elucidate, eyely, intuitive, manifest, notable, noticeable, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensible, palpable, patent, plain, plain as a haystack, plain as a pikestaff, plain as day, plain as Dunstable highway, plain as porridge, plain as print, plain as Salisbury, plain as the nose on one's face, prima facie, res ipsa loquitur, splendent, straightforward, undissembled, detectable, discernable, perceptible, sensable, sensible

Antonyms: inconspicuous

2

adj

Meaning 2

Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He had a conspicuous lump on his forehead.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: attention-grabbing, flashy, prominent

Antonyms: inconspicuous

3

adjective

Meaning 3

obvious to the eye or mind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a tower conspicuous at a great distance
  • wore conspicuous neckties
  • made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: inconspicuous

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • blatant disregard of the law
  • a blatant appeal to vanity
  • a blazing indiscretion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blatant, blazing

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin conspicuus (“visible, striking”), from cōnspicere (“to notice”), from con- (“with, together”) + specere (“to look at”).

Across languages

Translations

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: opvallende — obvious or easy to notice
  • Bulgarian: очевиден (očeviden) — obvious or easy to notice
  • Bulgarian: забележим (zabeležim) — obvious or easy to notice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 顯眼 /显眼 (xiǎnyǎn) — obvious or easy to notice
  • Czech: nápadný — obvious or easy to notice
  • Danish: påfaldende — obvious or easy to notice
  • Dutch: opvallend — obvious or easy to notice
  • Esperanto: okulfrapa — obvious or easy to notice
  • Estonian: silmatorkav — obvious or easy to notice
  • Faroese: eyðsýndur — obvious or easy to notice
  • Faroese: sjónskur — obvious or easy to notice
  • Finnish: silmäänpistävä — obvious or easy to notice
  • Finnish: huomiota herättävä — obvious or easy to notice
  • French: qui se remarque aisément — obvious or easy to notice
  • French: visible — obvious or easy to notice
  • French: voyant — obvious or easy to notice
  • French: remarquable — obvious or easy to notice
  • German: auffällig — obvious or easy to notice
  • German: augenfällig — obvious or easy to notice
  • German: offensichtlich — obvious or easy to notice
  • German: sichtbar — obvious or easy to notice
  • German: hervorstechend — obvious or easy to notice
  • German: augenscheinlich — obvious or easy to notice
  • German: offenkundig — obvious or easy to notice
  • Ancient Greek: περιφανής (periphanḗs) — obvious or easy to notice
  • Hindi: विचक्षण (vicakṣaṇ) — obvious or easy to notice
  • Hungarian: nyilvánvaló — obvious or easy to notice
  • Hungarian: jól látható — obvious or easy to notice
  • Italian: evidente — obvious or easy to notice
  • Italian: lampante — obvious or easy to notice
  • Korean: 눈에띄다 (nun-e ttuida) — obvious or easy to notice
  • Northern Kurdish: berçav — obvious or easy to notice
  • Northern Kurdish: diyar — obvious or easy to notice
  • Northern Kurdish: xuya — obvious or easy to notice
  • Latin: conspicuus — obvious or easy to notice
  • Latin: insignis — obvious or easy to notice
  • Macedonian: очи́гледен (očígleden) — obvious or easy to notice
  • Macedonian: оче́виден (očéviden) — obvious or easy to notice
  • Malayalam: പ്രകടമായ (prakaṭamāya) — obvious or easy to notice
  • Māori: tiori — obvious or easy to notice
  • Māori: wana — obvious or easy to notice
  • Māori: tiwha — obvious or easy to notice
  • Māori: kōhure — obvious or easy to notice
  • Māori: pīrata — obvious or easy to notice
  • Norwegian Bokmål: påfallende — obvious or easy to notice
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åpenbar — obvious or easy to notice
  • Occitan: visible — obvious or easy to notice
  • Odia: ବିଚକ୍ଷଣ (bicakṣaṇa) — obvious or easy to notice
  • Plautdietsch: oppfaulent — obvious or easy to notice
  • Polish: widoczny — obvious or easy to notice
  • Polish: zauważalny — obvious or easy to notice
  • Polish: rzucający się w oczy — obvious or easy to notice
  • Portuguese: conspícuo — obvious or easy to notice
  • Portuguese: proeminente — obvious or easy to notice
  • Russian: очеви́дный (očevídnyj) — obvious or easy to notice
  • Sanskrit: विचक्षण (vicakṣaṇa) — obvious or easy to notice
  • Spanish: conspicuo — obvious or easy to notice
  • Spanish: llamativo — obvious or easy to notice
  • Spanish: ilustre — obvious or easy to notice
  • Spanish: notorio — obvious or easy to notice
  • Spanish: ostentoso — obvious or easy to notice
  • Swedish: iögonfallande — obvious or easy to notice
  • Swedish: påfallande — obvious or easy to notice
  • Swedish: uppenbar — obvious or easy to notice
  • Swedish: markant — obvious or easy to notice
  • Swedish: slående — obvious or easy to notice
  • Thai: โดดเด่น (dòot-dèen) — obvious or easy to notice
  • Turkish: bariz — obvious or easy to notice
  • Turkish: belli — obvious or easy to notice
  • Yiddish: אויגן־רײַסיק (oygn-raysik) — obvious or easy to notice
  • Bulgarian: биещ на очи (biešt na oči) — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 招眼 (zhāoyǎn) — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Czech: nápadný — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Danish: påfaldende — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Danish: iøjnefaldende — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Dutch: afzichtelijk — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Estonian: silmatorkav — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Finnish: silmäänpistävä — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • French: qui attire l'attention — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Georgian: შესამჩნევი (šesamčnevi) — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • German: auffällig — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • German: auffallend — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • German: spürbar — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • German: sichtbar — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • German: wahrnehmbar — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • German: nicht zu verbergend — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • German: deutlich erkennbar — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • German: unübersehbar — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Hebrew: בולט (bolet') — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Hungarian: feltűnő — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Hungarian: szembetűnő — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Hungarian: szembeszökő — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Hungarian: szembeötlő — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Hungarian: jól látható — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Italian: notevole — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Italian: vistoso — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Korean: 뽐내다 (ppomnaeda) — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Korean: 젠체하다 (jenche-hada) — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Latin: conspicuus — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Macedonian: во́очлив (vóočliv) — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Māori: tiori — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Māori: kanapa — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Māori: kōhure — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Norwegian Bokmål: iøynefallende — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Polish: niezwykły — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Polish: rażący — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Portuguese: conspícuo — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Portuguese: proeminente — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Portuguese: saliente — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Russian: выделя́ющийся (vydeljájuščijsja) — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Russian: заме́тный (zamétnyj) — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Russian: бро́ский (bróskij) — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Spanish: conspicuo — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Spanish: llamativo — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Thai: โดดเด่น (dòot-dèen) — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Turkish: dikkat çeken — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
  • Turkish: göze çarpan — noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
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