apparent as in clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"
• "evident hostility"
• "manifest disapproval"
• "patent advantages"
• "made his meaning plain"
• "it is plain that he is no reactionary"
• "in plain view"
• "a palpable lie"

Synonyms

• evidentclearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; capable of being seen or noticed
• manifesta customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane ; provide evidence for; record in a ship's manifest; reveal its presence or make an appearance; clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
• palpablecapable of being perceived; (medicine) can be felt by palpation; clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; so intense as to be almost touched or felt
• patenta document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention ; an official document granting a right or privilege ; obtain a patent for; grant rights to; make open to sight or notice; (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
• plainexpress complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); extensive tract of level open land; a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side ; clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; not elaborate or elaborated; lacking patterns especially in color ; not mixed with extraneous elements; free from any effort to soften to disguise; lacking embellishment or ornamentation; lacking in physical beauty or proportion
• unmistakableclearly evident to the mind; clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

apparent as in appearing as such but not necessarily so

• "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"
• "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"
• "the ostensible truth of their theories"
• "his seeming honesty"

Synonyms

• apparent(a)
• ostensibleappearing as such but not necessarily so; represented or appearing as such
• seeming(a)