Collocations for obvious - adj.
VERBS
appear,
be,
look,
seem,
sound
become
It soon became obvious that the machine did not work.
become
It soon became obvious that the machine did not work.
make sth
His manner made it obvious he didn't like her.
His manner made it obvious he didn't like her.
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
I'm not going to tell Jim about this, for fairly obvious reasons.
I'm not going to tell Jim about this, for fairly obvious reasons.
blatantly,
blindingly,
glaringly,
patently,
transparently
(esp. BrE)
completely, perfectly, quite
The answer is perfectly obvious!
completely, perfectly, quite
The answer is perfectly obvious!
increasingly
by no means, far from, less than, not at all, not entirely
It was far from obvious how they were going to get off the island.
by no means, far from, less than, not at all, not entirely
It was far from obvious how they were going to get off the island.
a little,
slightly,
etc.
apparently, seemingly
immediately
It was immediately obvious that the bag was too heavy.
apparently, seemingly
immediately
It was immediately obvious that the bag was too heavy.
intuitively
Avoid making intuitively obvious but unfounded assertions.
Avoid making intuitively obvious but unfounded assertions.
depressingly,
painfully
It was becoming painfully obvious that the two of them had nothing in common.
It was becoming painfully obvious that the two of them had nothing in common.
all too
The ineptitude of the government was all too obvious.
The ineptitude of the government was all too obvious.
Obvious is used with these nouns:
advantage, alternative, amusement, analogy, annoyance, answer, appeal, attraction, benefit, bias, candidate, case, choice, clue, conclusion, connection, connotation, contender, contradiction, correlation, culprit, danger, defect, delight, difference, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, disdain, disgust, dislike, disparity, distaste, distinction, distress, drawback, embarrassment, enjoyment, enthusiasm, example, exception, explanation, extension, fact, fault, flaw, gag, gap, highlight, hint, implication, importance, improvement, inadequacy, inference, influence, lack, lie, limitation, link, loser, manifestation, merit, motive, move, omission, parallel, pitfall, pleasure, pointer, possibility, precedent, question, reason, reference, relevance, relief, reluctance, resemblance, sarcasm, satisfaction, shortcoming, sign, similarity, sincerity, slant, solution, starting point, successor, suspect, talent, target, thing, trap, truth, violation, way, weakness
advantage, alternative, amusement, analogy, annoyance, answer, appeal, attraction, benefit, bias, candidate, case, choice, clue, conclusion, connection, connotation, contender, contradiction, correlation, culprit, danger, defect, delight, difference, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, disdain, disgust, dislike, disparity, distaste, distinction, distress, drawback, embarrassment, enjoyment, enthusiasm, example, exception, explanation, extension, fact, fault, flaw, gag, gap, highlight, hint, implication, importance, improvement, inadequacy, inference, influence, lack, lie, limitation, link, loser, manifestation, merit, motive, move, omission, parallel, pitfall, pleasure, pointer, possibility, precedent, question, reason, reference, relevance, relief, reluctance, resemblance, sarcasm, satisfaction, shortcoming, sign, similarity, sincerity, slant, solution, starting point, successor, suspect, talent, target, thing, trap, truth, violation, way, weakness