conspicuous
/kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/
conspicuous adjective: obvious or easy to notice.
Adjective
conspicuous (comparative more conspicuous, superlative most conspicuous)
- Obvious or easy to notice.
- He was conspicuous by his absence.
- “No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 7, in Well Tackled!
- Synonyms:
- apparent, evident, pointed, observable, perceivable, arrant, undoubted, glaring, bait, blatant
- Antonyms:
- inconspicuous
- Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.
- He had a conspicuous lump on his forehead.
- For his height he had a small face. The combination made him conspicuous.1969, Saul Bellow, Mr Sammler's Planet, Penguin Books Ltd, page 6
- Synonyms:
- attention-grabbing, flashy, prominent
- Antonyms:
- inconspicuous
conspicuous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
conspicuous in Hindi
- obvious or easy to notice
- विचक्षण vicakṣaṇ
conspicuous in Tamil
- எடுப்பானதோர் இடம், கண்ணில் தெரியும், தெளிவாகத் தெரிகிற, நன்கு தெரியும், வெளிப்படையான
conspicuous in Urdu
- آشکارا, بیان, جلی, نمایاں, اجاگر, ظاہر
conspicuous in Bengali
- সুস্পষ্ট, চোখে পড়ার মতো
More languagesFewer languages
- conspicuous in Malayalam
- പ്രകടമായ prakaṭamāya
- conspicuous in Kannada
- ಎದ್ದುಕಾಣುವ, ಗಮನ ಸೆಳೆವ, ಸುಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾದ, ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಕಟ್ಟುವ
- conspicuous in Odia
- ବିଚକ୍ଷଣ bicakṣaṇa
- conspicuous in Sanskrit
- विचक्षण vicakṣaṇa
- conspicuous in Thai
- โดดเด่น dòot-dèen
Examples of conspicuous in a sentence
- A segregate becomes conspicuous once it is removed from its aggregate.
- I felt uncomfortably conspicuous, since I was the only man in evening dress.
- A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.
Synonyms of conspicuous
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- clear
- clear as a bell
- clear as day
- clear cut
- crystal clear
- cut and dried
- decided
- intuitive
- manifest
- noticeable
- obvious
- open-and-shut
- ostensible
- palpable
- patent
- plain
- plain as a haystack
- plain as a pikestaff
- plain as day
- plain as Dunstable highway
- plain as porridge
- plain as print
- plain as Salisbury
- plain as the nose on one's face
- prima facie
- res ipsa loquitur
- splendent
- straightforward
- undissembled
- detectable
Antonyms
Forms of conspicuous
| comparative | more conspicuous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most conspicuous |
Origin of conspicuous
From Latin conspicuus (“visible, striking”), from cōnspicere (“to notice”), from con- (“with, together”) + specere (“to look at”).
Words formed from conspicuous
Phrases with conspicuous
Questions about conspicuous
- What does conspicuous mean?
- Conspicuous means obvious or easy to notice.
- What is conspicuous in Hindi?
- Conspicuous in Hindi is विचक्षण (vicakṣaṇ). See Conspicuous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is conspicuous?
- Conspicuous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce conspicuous?
- Conspicuous is pronounced /kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/.
Words near conspicuous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: conspicuous (page history and authors); conspicuous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conspicuous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conspicuous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conspicuous (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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