Apparent - Definition

adj 1: 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" [syn: apparent, evident, manifest,
patent, plain, unmistakable]
2: 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"
[syn: apparent(a), ostensible, seeming(a)]