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Cap'n Obvious

Cap'n Obvious is the informal form of Captain Obvious.

Meaning of Captain Obvious

Noun

Captain Obvious (plural Captains Obvious)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, sarcastic, usually) Someone who makes superfluously obvious statements or who has just made one.
    • Thank you, Captain Obvious!

Questions about Cap'n Obvious

What is Cap'n Obvious the informal form of?
Cap'n Obvious is the informal form of Captain Obvious.

Words near Cap'n Obvious in the dictionary

  1. cap tables
  2. cap up
  3. cap'in
  4. cap'ins
  5. cap'n
  6. Cap'n Obvious
  7. cap'ns
  8. cap-a-pee
  9. cap-a-pie
  10. cap-apée
  11. Cap-de-la-Madeleine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Cap'n Obvious (page history and authors); Captain Obvious (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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