conspicuous

Universal Words adjective easy to see or notice; likely to attract attention: Mary's red hair always made her conspicuous at school. * I felt very conspicuous in my new car. * The advertisements were all posted in a conspicuous place. * The event was a conspicuous success (= a very great one). * Bay windows are a conspicuous feature of his architecture. OPPINCONSPICUOUS conspicuously adverb: Women were conspicuously absent from the planning committee. conspicuousness noun [U] IDIOMS conspicuous by your absence not present in a situation or place, when it is obvious that you should be there: When it came to cleaning up afterwards, Anne was conspicuous by her absence.