Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 7 compound words that contain obvious. The most common are listed below. Open obvious in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- state the obvious
- Captain ObviousSomeone who makes superfluously obvious statements or who has just made one.
- stating the obviouspresent participle and gerund of state the obvious
- stated the obvioussimple past and past participle of state the obvious
- states the obviousthird-person singular simple present indicative of state the obvious
- master of the obviousSynonym of Captain Obvious: Someone who makes superfluously obvious statements or who has just made one.
- non-obviousAlternative form of nonobvious: Not obvious.
- from the Department of the Bleeding ObviousSo obvious that it was unnecessary to say.
- Cap'n ObviousInformal form of Captain Obvious: Someone who makes superfluously obvious statements or who has just made one.
- obvious by inspectionevident in the mind's eye, without formal proof being necessary.
- Captains Obviousplural of Captain Obvious: Someone who makes superfluously obvious statements or who has just made one.
Compound words 7
- obviosityThe quality of being obvious.
- probviousAble to be shown to hold with very high confidence via heuristic arguments, but not formally provable.
- nonobviousNot obvious.
- overobviousExcessively obvious.
- semiobviousSomewhat or partly obvious.
- obviousnessThe characteristic of being obvious.
- obviousnessesplural of obviousness: The characteristic of being obvious.