conspicuously

1. 1.

   in a manner tending to attract attention

   “there have been plenty of general declarations about willingness to meet and talk, but conspicuously no mention of time and place”

   Antonymsinconspicuously
2. 2.

   in a prominent way

   “the new car was prominently displayed in the driveway”

   Synonymsprominently

Questions about conspicuously

What does conspicuously mean?

conspicuously means "in a manner tending to attract attention". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conspicuously?

conspicuously has 5 syllables: con-spic-u-ou-sly. The stress falls on "spic". In IPA it is /kənˈspɪkjuəsli/.

What is another word for conspicuously?

Close synonyms include prominently. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of conspicuously?

The recorded antonyms are inconspicuously.

Is conspicuously a common word?

conspicuously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.