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inevident

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Not evident; obscure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1895, John Oliver Hobbes [pseudonym; Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie], The Gods, Some Mortals, and Lord Wickensham, New York: D. Appleton & Co., Chapter 12, p. 144, It was not within the compass of her imagination to even suspect the peril she had escaped, nor was it in the measure of her nature to gauge the inevident strength of the man she thought so destitute of virility.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: discreet, low-profile, unevident, unobvious, improminent, inconspicuous, inevident, inobtrusive, noteless, obscure, unconspicuous, unobtrusive

Antonyms: attention-grabbing, conspicuous, eye-catching, flashy, glossy, grabby, high-profile, prominent, salient, apparent, arrant, undoubted, glaring, bait, blatant, clear, clear as a bell, clear as day, clear cut, 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

History

Etymology

From in- + evident.