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evidence n. 1 proof, ground(s), fact(s), data, basis, support,
verification, attestation, affirmation, confirmation,
validation, corroboration, substantiation, documentation,
certification: Have we enough evidence to convict the suspects?
2 testimony, statement, deposition, affidavit, averment,
assertion: The prosecution will present its evidence tomorrow.
3 indication, sign, mark, token, manifestation, demonstration,
hint, suggestion, clue, trace, smoking gun: There is evidence
that there are mice in the house.
--v. 4 demonstrate, show, display, manifest, signify, exhibit,
reveal, denote, attest, prove, evince, testify, (bear) witness:
The destruction of the forests is evidenced by the open plains.
evident adj. clear, obvious, plain, apparent, manifest, patent,
palpable, conspicuous, clear-cut, express, unmistakable,
incontrovertible, understandable, comprehensible, recognizable,
perceptible, perceivable, discernible, noticeable: It was
evident that someone had been tampering with the mechanism.
evidently adv. 1 clearly, obviously, plainly, manifestly, palpably,
apparently, patently, indubitably, undoubtedly, doubtless(ly),
without a doubt, indisputably, incontestably, incontrovertibly,
undeniably, unquestionably, surely, certainly, to be sure: He
is evidently the culprit. 2 apparently, outwardly, seemingly,
it would seem, so it seems, as far as one can see or tell, to
all appearances, ostensibly: Evidently, there were two people
here, not just one.
evil adj. 1 bad, awful, wrong, immoral, wicked, sinful, nefarious,
iniquitous, base, corrupt, vile, accursed, damnable, villainous,
heinous, infamous, flagitious, foul, nasty, abominable,
atrocious, horrible, horrid, ghastly, grisly, dreadful,
depraved, vicious, malevolent, maleficent, malefic,
black-hearted, evil-minded: He was an evil tyrant who killed
anyone who opposed him. 2 treacherous, traitorous, perfidious,
insidious, unscrupulous, unprincipled, dishonest, dishonourable,
crooked, criminal, felonious, knavish, sinister, underhand(ed),
dirty, corrupt: He thought up an evil plan for getting rid of
his wife. 3 harmful, destructive, hurtful, injurious,
mischievous, detrimental, ruinous, deleterious, disastrous,
catastrophic, pernicious, noxious, malignant, malign, virulent,
toxic, poisonous, deadly, lethal: Evil policies were