plain or clear to the sight or understanding: His frown made it evident to all that he was displeased.It was evident that the project was a total failure.
Origin: 1350–1400;Middle English < Latinēvident- (stem of ēvidēns), equivalent to ē-e-1 + vident- (stem of vidēns) present participle of vidēre to see; see video, -ent
Related forms
ev·i·dent·ness, noun
non·ev·i·dent, adjective
pre·ev·i·dent, adjective
pre·ev·i·dent·ly, adverb
su·per·ev·i·dent, adjective
su·per·ev·i·dent·ly, adverb
Synonyms obvious, manifest, palpable, patent, unmistakable. See apparent.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
late 14c., from L. evidentem (nom. evidens) "perceptible, clear, obvious," from ex- "fully, out of" + videntem (nom. videns), prp. of videre "to see" (see vision).