self-evident

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

easy to see, recognize, or understand
obviousIt's obvious that she's upset.
clearIt was clear that he was unhappy.
apparentHer joy was apparent to everyone.
plainHis disappointment was plain to see.
evidentThe company president was impressed by her evident ambition.
manifestHis manifest lack of interest has provoked severe criticism.
Her sophistication is evident from the way she dresses.从衣着打扮明显可以看出她精明老练。
It became evident during the interview that he was not suitable for the job.
You've made your feelings quite evident, thank you, sir.
It's perfectly evident from her change in behaviour that she's not happy at school.
The reason is for the council's decision is quite evident, isn't it?

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Apparent and obvious
(from) under your noseidiom
apparent
be (as) plain as the nose on your faceidiom
be (right) under your noseidiom
be etched somewhereidiom
be writ largeidiom
foregone conclusion
glaring
glaringly
I need hardly do somethingidiom
in plain sightidiom
obtrude
palpable
palpably
parallax
patently
perceivable
squeaky
stand/stick out a mileidiom
writ

evident | American Dictionary

evident
adjective
us/ˈev·ɪ·dənt/
easily seen or understood; obvious:
It quickly became evident that someone had broken in.
Twain’s interest in Adam is evident in all his work.

evidently

adverbus/ˈev·ɪ·dənt·li/
I thought she’d want to see me. Evidently, she doesn’t.

Examples of evident

evident
The answer is not evident out of his short comment.
This is evident in changes of the nomenclature of family planning board to family welfare organization.
It became evident that interpretation and technique are integrated and interdependent; technical decisions being made in order to achieve the desired musical outcome.
The pragmatic themes of reevaluation and revision in light of new information are evident in this method.
This was particularly evident among the academically weaker students.
It is also evident that the infants of women who are diabetic appear to have a substantially increased risk of shoulder dystocia.
Low turnout thus reflects a paucity of choices or a lack of evident connection between electoral choice and policy change.
In terms of music velocity, the straight motion profile is typically constant in nature, although motor-rhythmic variability and the final ritardandi are evident.
However, it is evident that material goods varied in their importance within different communities.
What was evident to him was a certain lack of understanding among actors about their obligation to writers and plays of social commitment.
These exceptions consist of evident misprints which it has been thought useless to preserve.
A general gender bias in aspergillosis cases was evident, with rates in males outnumbering those in females for most age groups.
To the onlooker, nothing remotely related to a work of art or performance is there - no evident intrusion, no tangible presence, no action either.
Here it is suggested that the problem of factionalism, so evident in the 1920s, was never really solved in the 1930s.
We assumed that the differences should be evident also at the level of proteins, including enzymatic proteins.
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