<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Readily seen; exposed to sight; open to view; visible.</li><li>The crack in the wall was readily apparent.</li><li>Synonyms: discernible, capable of being easily perceived or understood; plain or clear; obvious.</li><li>The solution to the problem was apparent to all.</li><li>Synonyms: unmistakable, manifest, conspicuous, open.</li><li>Antonyms: obscure.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>According to appearances, initial evidence, incomplete results, etc.; ostensible rather than actual: He was the apparent winner of the election.</li><li>Entitled to a right of inheritance by birth, indefeasible except by one's death before that of the ancestor, to an inherited throne, title, or other estate.</li><li>Compare: heir apparent, heir presumptive.</li></ul>