obviousness
State of transparency
Obviousness is the quality of being easy to perceive or understand.
Something with obviousness requires no explanation—it's apparent to anyone paying attention.
The word often carries a faint note of impatience or condescension: The obviousness of the solution made her wonder why no one had tried it.
In patent law, obviousness is a specific standard—an invention that would be obvious to someone skilled in the field cannot be patented.
Clearly visible, attention-grabbing
- blatantOffensively conspicuous
- glaringHarshly conspicuous or bright
- flagrantShockingly conspicuous and wrong
- overtPlainly apparent to all
pronounced · striking · salient · noticeable · prominent · unmistakable · patent · manifest
Clearness of mind
- perspicuityPlainness of expression
- plainnessUnadorned, straightforward quality
- intelligibilityQuality of being understood
- comprehensibilityClarity of meaning
simplicity · understandability · straightforwardness · explicitness · distinctness · coherence · articulateness · precision
Impossible to contest
- incontrovertibleImpossible to deny
- irrefutableImpossible to disprove
- unquestionableCannot be challenged
- unarguableImpossible to dispute
unassailable · conclusive · definitive · certain · undeniable · inescapable · inevitable · inarguable
Able to be anticipated
- expectedRegarded as likely
- anticipatedExpected in advance
- unsurprisingCausing no astonishment
- formulaicFollowing a set template
clichéd · transparent · telegraphed · inevitable · predictable · foregone · routine · stock
conspicuous
Clearly visible, attention-grabbing
- blatantOffensively conspicuous
- glaringHarshly conspicuous or bright
- flagrantShockingly conspicuous and wrong
overt · pronounced · striking · salient · noticeable · prominent · unmistakable · patent · manifest · palpable
lucidity
Clearness of mind
- perspicuityPlainness of expression
- plainnessUnadorned, straightforward quality
- intelligibilityQuality of being understood
comprehensibility · simplicity · understandability · straightforwardness · explicitness · distinctness · coherence · articulateness · precision · transparency
indisputable
Impossible to contest
- incontrovertibleImpossible to deny
- irrefutableImpossible to disprove
- unquestionableCannot be challenged
unarguable · unassailable · conclusive · definitive · certain · undeniable · inescapable · inevitable · inarguable · beyond doubt
foreseeable
Able to be anticipated
- expectedRegarded as likely
- anticipatedExpected in advance
- unsurprisingCausing no astonishment
formulaic · clichéd · transparent · telegraphed · inevitable · predictable · foregone · routine · stock · trite
- clarityclearness, clear, simplification, concise, lucidity
- intellectual propertypatents, copyright, patent, trademark, trademarks
- movement qualitiesspeed, force, grace, clumsiness, stealth
- visibilityvisibility, visible, invisible, hidden, hide
- drug patentsdrug patents, patent holders, patent rights, exclusivity, generics
- patent claimspreamble, body, comprising, consisting of, limitations
obviousnessobscurity
State of being unknown
opacity · ambiguity · unclearness · inscrutability · crypticness
obviousnesssubtlety
Fine distinction, easily missed
nuance · inconspicuousness · unobtrusiveness · understatement · indirection
obviousnesshiddenness
State of being obscured
obscurity · secrecy · concealment · covertness · imperceptibility