Collocations for obvious - adj.

appear, be, look, seem, sound | become
It soon became obvious that the machine did not work.

make sth
His manner made it obvious he didn''t like her.

blatantly, blindingly, extremely, glaringly, patently, transparently, very | 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.

a bit, fairly, pretty, rather
I''m not going to tell Jim about this, for fairly obvious reasons.

apparently, seemingly | immediately
It was immediately obvious that the bag was too heavy.

intuitively
Avoid making intuitively obvious but unfounded assertions.

depressingly, distressingly, painfully
It was becoming painfully obvious that the two of them had nothing in common.

to
It is obvious to me that you''re unhappy in your job.