ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

Adj. manifest, apparent; salient, striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground,
notable, pronounced.
flagrant; notorious &c (public) 531; arrant; stark staring; unshaded, glaring.
defined, definite.
distinct, conspicuous &c (visible) 446; obvious, evident, unmistakable, indubitable,
not to be mistaken, palpable, self-evident, autoptical † ; intelligible &c 518.
plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday; plain as a pike staff, plain
as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as the way to parish church.
explicit, overt, patent, express; ostensible; open, open as day; naked, bare, literal,
downright, undisguised, exoteric.
unreserved, frank, plain-spoken &c (artless) 703; candid (veracious) 543; barefaced.
manifested &c v.; disclosed &c 529; capable of being shown, producible;
inconcealable † , unconcealable; no secret.
Adv. manifestly, openly &c adj.; before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face
to face, above board, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets; in
market overt; in the face of day, face of heaven; in broad daylight, in open daylight;
without reserve; at first blush, prima facie [Lat.], on the face of; in set terms.
Phr. cela saute aux yeux [Fr.]; he that runs may read; you can see it with half an eye; it
needs no ghost to tell us [Hamlet]; the meaning lies on the surface; cela va sans dire
[Fr.]; res ipsa loquitur [Lat.]; clothing the palpable and familiar [Coleridge]; fari quae
sentiat [Lat.]; volto sciolto i pensieri stretti [It]; you don't need a weatherman to know
which way the wind blows [Bob Dylan].
526. Latency. Implication -- N. {ant.
525} latency, inexpression † ; hidden meaning, occult meaning; occultness, mystery,
cabala † , anagoge † ; silence &c (taciturnity) 585; concealment &c 528; more than meets
the eye, more than meets the ear; Delphic oracle; le dessous des cartes [Fr.],
undercurrent.
implication, logical implication; logical consequence; entailment.
allusion, insinuation; innuendo &c 527; adumbration; something rotten in the state of
Denmark [Hamlet].
snake in the grass &c (pitfall) 667; secret &c 533.
darkness, invisibility, imperceptibility.
V. be latent &c adj.; lurk, smolder, underlie, make no sign; escape observation, escape
detection, escape recognition; lie hid &c 528.
laugh in one's sleeve; keep back &c (conceal) 528.
involve, imply, understand, allude to, infer, leave an inference; entail; whisper &c
(conceal) 528.
[understand the implication] read between the lines.
Adj. latent; lurking &c v.; secret &c 528; occult; implied &c v.; dormant; abeyant.
unapparent, unknown, unseen &c 441; in the background; invisible &c 447;
indiscoverable † , dark; impenetrable &c (unintelligible) 519; unspied † , unsuspected.
unsaid, unwritten, unpublished, unbreathed † , untalked of † , untold &c 527, unsung,
unexposed, unproclaimed † , undisclosed &c 529, unexpressed; not expressed, tacit.
undeveloped, solved, unexplained, untraced † , undiscovered &c 480.1, untracked,
unexplored, uninvented † .