Antonyms for conspicuous


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuhn-spik-yoo-uhs
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈspɪk yu əs


Definition of conspicuous

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Latin conspicuus "visible, open to view, striking," from conspicere "to look at, observe, see, notice," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + specere (see scope (n.1)). Phrase conspicuous by its absence (1859) is said to be from Tacitus ("Annals" iii.76), in a passage about certain images: "sed præfulgebant ... eo ipso quod effigies eorum non visebantur."
  • adj obvious, easily seen
  • adj important, prominent
Example sentences :
  • The country is very level, with low ranges, but no conspicuous hills.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Jennens was a conspicuous figure in the London society of his day.
  • Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
  • His moral and religious qualities were as conspicuous as his mental ones.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • It is the citizen-women alone who are conspicuous in history.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Lastly, Variety: Variety is never so conspicuous, as when it is united with symmetry.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • Of all her Court ladies I was the most youthful and, perhaps, the most conspicuous.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
  • He acted a conspicuous part in the late war and died in 1815.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • Decatur was the most conspicuous hero in the war with the Barbary States.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880 » by Various
  • They've got to be conspicuous, and without ideas they can't, so it's a vicious circle.
  • Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy
  • Queen Wetamoo and her husband, Quinnapin, were conspicuous in this dance.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Synonyms for conspicuous

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