CONSPICUOUSLY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

conspicuously

adverb

as in neatly

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Recent Examples of conspicuously London — Europe has been conspicuously absent from high-level talks about how to use artificial intelligence safely, despite crafting the world’s first comprehensive set of rules to govern the technology. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 Kevin Mayer co-founded Candle Media in 2021 as a followup to a lengthy tenure as a senior Disney exec and a conspicuously short one as CEO of TikTok. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 The two women sit on the patio with Ye-ji’s conspicuously Western dog, a big yellow Labrador named Blue. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Many nights, MacArthur turned to these books, often choosing challenging texts to sharpen his mind; light-hearted fiction was conspicuously absent. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026 That has been conspicuously absent from Diamantis’ shrieks of injustice. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 Advanced features like secure sharing and digital inheritance are conspicuously absent. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026 Seated nearby were Sam Altman of OpenAI and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, with Anthropic’s Dario Amodei conspicuously absent. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026 Murphy was conspicuously absent from the bill, and its introduction marked a turning point for his approach to the issue. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspicuously

Adverb

What makes the guest list truly striking is its refusal to stay neatly within the lines of traditional fashion.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Although System of a Down is often grouped with the nu metal bands that dominated heavy music at the time, including Korn and Limp Bizkit, Malakian never saw the band as fitting neatly into any genre.

— Alex Distefano, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of neatly

Adverb

Patients were justifiably afraid to come to the hospital during that period, and many shifts were strikingly still and quiet.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
The show will follow four young men from different backgrounds who are found dead in rivers under strikingly similar circumstances, exploring both the mystery of their deaths and the connections between them in life.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of strikingly

Adverb

The frame is squarish in shape, recalling the years before wide-screens were widespread; the colors, especially the flesh tones, are luridly oversaturated.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
His corpse was luridly blown up on a projector, streaming live on the Law&Crime YouTube channel, naked and dead.

— Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of luridly

Adverb

The promise of Googlebooks as a fresh and smartly designed alternative to Windows or Mac for Android phone owners sounds great, but there’s more than just a few kinks and quirks to work out.

— Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026
The curators smartly provide their image duplicator with an origin story.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of smartly

Adverb

The camerawork is consistently, richly sun-flooded, but some compositions isolate Tae-ju more than others; Wonhong Lee’s delicate jazz piano score can similarly tilt a situation from cozy to nervy.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Wiener not only leaves behind a richly complex body of work straddling textiles, painting, photographs, and collages, but also a career intricately connected to one of the most important chapters of Austrian art.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of richly

Adverb

Three years after The Exorcist franchise spectacularly fell apart for Universal, the iconic horror property is set to return under writer-director Mike Flanagan with a new film starring Scarlett Johansson.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Sugano worked out, but Lorenzen failed spectacularly, and not having the catchers call the game proved a mistake.

— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of spectacularly

Adverb

The group’s advocacy for narcotics was both far-out—the idea that Class As might ever be administered clinically or therapeutically by the NHS was a fringe pursuit—and shockingly comprehensive.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Whatever the original intentions, Crystal Lake is shockingly muddled.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of shockingly

Adverb

Thanks to his book, Bloom, a bald, chain-smoking, nattily dressed, thitherto obscure translator of Plato and Rousseau, became nearly as famous as Derrida himself.

— Emily Eakin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
But the show doesn’t start until the 79-year-old De Shields nattily flips his jacket open, to the approving roar of the audience.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026