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evident

/ˈɛv.ɪ.dənt/ UK
/ˈɛv.ə.dənt/ US

Where it comes from

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.

adjective more evident · most evident

Obviously true by simple observation. It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.
Similar: apparent, arrant, undoubted, glaring, bait, blatant, clear, clear as a bell, clear as day, clear cut, conspicuous, crystal clear

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: obvious, discernible, manifest, apparent, noticeable, observable, patent, plain, manifestly, self-evident, axiomatic, self-explanatory, clearly, overt, straightforward, obviousness

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adj obviously true

Español	evidente, constatable
Kiswahili	dhahiri
Português	evidente
Français	évident
Deutsch	offenkundig
Italiano	evidente
Română	evident
Русский	очеви́дный očevídnyj

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@misc{evident_2026,
  title = {evident},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/evident},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}