obviousness

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noun

The characteristic of being obvious.

UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

nounobviousness (countable and uncountable, plural obviousnesses)

plural obviousnesses

  1. countableuncountableThe characteristic of being obvious.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe property of being easy to see and understand

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Catalan obvietat
  • obvietatcharacteristic of being obvious
Czech zřejmost
  • zřejmostcharacteristic of being obvious
Esperanto evidenteco
  • evidentecocharacteristic of being obvious
French évidence
  • évidencecharacteristic of being obvious
Italian ovvietà
  • ovvietàcharacteristic of being obvious
Portuguese obviedade
  • obviedadecharacteristic of being obvious
Spanish obviedad
  • obviedadcharacteristic of being obvious
Turkish aşikârlık, besbellilik
  • aşikârlıkcharacteristic of being obvious
  • besbellilikcharacteristic of being obvious
Cite this entry
APA

obviousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obviousness

MLA

“obviousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obviousness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obviousness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obviousness.

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