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evident

adj · 3 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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  • UK: /ˈɛv.ɪ.dənt/
  • US: /ˈɛv.ə.dənt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 V AH0 D AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Obviously true by simple observation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.
  • The full extent of her injuries did not become evident until they tried to move her.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apparent, arrant, undoubted, glaring, bait, blatant, clear, clear as a bell, clear as day, clear cut, conspicuous, crystal clear, cut and dried, decided, elucidate, evident, 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

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

capable of being seen or noticed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a discernible change in attitude
  • a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript
  • an observable change in behavior

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: discernible, observable

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

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: apparent, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English evident, from Old French evident, from Latin ēvidēns (“visible, apparent, clear, plain”) (compare Late Latin ēvideor (“to appear plainly”)), from ē (“out”) + videō (“see”), present participle vidēns, deponent videor (“to appear, seem”). Displaced native Old English sweotol.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: dukshëm — obviously true
  • Bulgarian: очевиден (očeviden) — obviously true
  • Catalan: evident — obviously true
  • Czech: zjevný — obviously true
  • Czech: evidentní — obviously true
  • Danish: indlysende — obviously true
  • Esperanto: evidenta — obviously true
  • Finnish: selvä — obviously true
  • Finnish: ilmeinen — obviously true
  • Finnish: silminnähtävä — obviously true
  • French: évident — obviously true
  • Galician: evidente — obviously true
  • German: offenkundig — obviously true
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (bairhts) — obviously true
  • Ancient Greek: φανερός (phanerós) — obviously true
  • Hungarian: nyilvánvaló — obviously true
  • Hungarian: evidens — obviously true
  • Interlingua: evidente — obviously true
  • Irish: follasach — obviously true
  • Irish: soiléir — obviously true
  • Italian: evidente — obviously true
  • Latin: ēvidens — obviously true
  • Latin: manifestus — obviously true
  • Latvian: redzams — obviously true
  • Latvian: acīm redzams — obviously true
  • Māori: ari — obviously true
  • Māori: ariroa — obviously true
  • Māori: ariari — obviously true
  • Māori: pūrangiaho — obviously true
  • Occitan: evident — obviously true
  • Pashto: ښکاره (ẍkâra) — obviously true
  • Pashto: څرګند (śargand) — obviously true
  • Polish: jasny — obviously true
  • Polish: oczywisty — obviously true
  • Portuguese: evidente — obviously true
  • Romanian: evident — obviously true
  • Russian: очеви́дный (očevídnyj) — obviously true
  • Serbo-Croatian: očito — obviously true
  • Spanish: evidente — obviously true
  • Spanish: constatable — obviously true
  • Swahili: dhahiri — obviously true
  • Turkish: bariz — obviously true
  • Ottoman Turkish: آچق (açık) — obviously true
  • Ottoman Turkish: بللی (belli) — obviously true
  • Ottoman Turkish: ظاهر (zahir) — obviously true
  • Ottoman Turkish: منجلی (münceli) — obviously true
  • Ottoman Turkish: دركار (derkâr) — obviously true
  • Ukrainian: очевидний (očevydnyj) — obviously true
  • Ukrainian: наочний (naočnyj) — obviously true
  • Welsh: amlwg — obviously true
  • Woiwurrung: ininburdi — obviously true