obvious Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
- obvious errors

L. obvius; ob (see Ob-) + via way. See Voyage.

Opposing; fronting. Obs.
To the evil turn My obvious breast. Milton.
Exposed; subject; open; liable. Obs. "Obvious to dispute." Milton.
Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.
Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. Pope.
Syn. -- Plain; clear; evident. See Manifest. -- Ob"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob"vi*ous-ness, n.