Meanings
comparative more evident · superlative most evident
- Obviously true by simple observation.
It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.
2 more examples
The full extent of her injuries did not become evident until they tried to move her.
Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them.
1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLCSynonyms: apparent, arrant, undoubted, glaring, bait, blatant, clear, clear as a bell
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveObviously true by simple observation.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveclearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
adjectivecapable of being seen or noticed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinēvidēns“visible, apparent, clear, plain”
- Old Frenchevident
- Middle Englishevident
- Englishevident
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.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek φανερός
- φανερός (phanerós)obviously true
Bulgarian очевиден
- очевиден (očeviden)obviously true
Catalan evident
- evidentobviously true
Czech zjevný, evidentní
- zjevnýobviously true
- evidentníobviously true
Danish indlysende
- indlysendeobviously true
Esperanto evidenta
- evidentaobviously true
Finnish selvä, ilmeinen
- selväobviously true
- ilmeinenobviously true
- silminnähtäväobviously true
French évident
- évidentobviously true
German offenkundig
- offenkundigobviously true
Hungarian nyilvánvaló, evidens
- nyilvánvalóobviously true
- evidensobviously true
Irish follasach, soiléir
- follasachobviously true
- soiléirobviously true
Italian evidente
- evidenteobviously true
Latin ēvidens, manifestus
- ēvidensobviously true
- manifestusobviously true
Latvian redzams, acīm redzams
- redzamsobviously true
- acīm redzamsobviously true
Māori ari, ariroa
- ariobviously true
- ariroaobviously true
- ariariobviously true
- pūrangiahoobviously true
Polish jasny, oczywisty
- jasnyobviously true
- oczywistyobviously true
Portuguese evidente
- evidenteobviously true
Romanian evident
- evidentobviously true
Russian очеви́дный
- очеви́дный (očevídnyj)obviously true
Spanish evidente, constatable
- evidenteobviously true
- constatableobviously true
Swahili dhahiri
- dhahiriobviously true
Turkish bariz
- barizobviously true
Ukrainian очевидний, наочний
- очевидний (očevydnyj)obviously true
- наочний (naočnyj)obviously true
Welsh amlwg
- amlwgobviously true
Cite this entry
evident. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evident
“evident.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evident. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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