Conspicuous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conspicuous \Con*spic"u*ous\, a. [L. conspicuus, fr. conspicere
     to get sight of, to perceive; con- + spicere, specere, to
     look. See {Spy}]
     1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen;
        plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye.
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              It was a rock
              Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds,
              Conspicious far.                      --Milton.
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              Conspicious by her veil and hood,
              Signing the cross, the abbess stood.  --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly
        defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a
        conspicuous excellence, or fault.
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              A man who holds a conspicuous place in the
              political, ecclesiastical, and literary history of
              England.                              --Macaulay.
  
     Syn: Distinguished; eminent; famous; illustrious; prominent;
          celebrated. See {Distinguished}. -- {Con*spic"u*ous*ly},
          adv. -- {Con*spic"u*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conspicuous
       adj 1: obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great
              distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself
              conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening" [syn: {obvious}]
              [ant: {inconspicuous}]
       2: without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious;
          "open disregard of the law"; "open family strife"; "open
          hostility"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing
          indiscretion" [syn: {blatant}, {blazing}, {open}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  103 Moby Thesaurus words for "conspicuous":
     appalling, apparent, arrant, arresting, astonishing, awe-inspiring,
     awesome, blatant, bold, celebrated, clean-cut, clear,
     clear as crystal, clear-cut, consequential, crystal-clear, defined,
     definite, distinct, distinguished, egregious, eminent, esteemed,
     estimable, evident, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous,
     fantastic, flagrant, flashy, formidable, garish, gaudy, glaring,
     glorious, hanging out, illustrious, important, impressive,
     in focus, in relief, in the foreground, in the limelight,
     incontestable, incontrovertible, incredible, loud, lurid, manifest,
     marked, marvelous, memorable, noble, notable, noteworthy,
     noticeable, notorious, obtrusive, obvious, of mark, open-and-shut,
     openhanded, ostensible, ostentatious, outstanding, palpable,
     patent, perceptible, plain, pointed, prestigious, prominent,
     pronounced, rare, remarkable, rememberable, reputable, salient,
     showy, signal, significant, special, staring, stark-staring,
     sticking out, striking, superior, tawdry, telling, to the front,
     uncommon, unforgettable, unmistakable, unquestionable, unusual,
     vivid, vulgar, well-defined, well-marked, well-pronounced,
     well-resolved, wonderful