be self-evident
1self-evident — adj formal clearly true and needing no more proof = ↑obvious ▪ self evident truths it is self evident (that) ▪ It is self evident that childhood experiences influence our adult behaviour …
2Self-evident — Self ev i*dent, a. Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self evident proposition or truth. {Self ev i*dent*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
3self-evident — 1680s, from SELF (Cf. self) + EVIDENT (Cf. evident). First attested in Locke s Essay Concerning Human Understanding …
4self-evident — [self′ev′i dənt] adj. evident without need of proof or explanation self evidently adv …
5self-evident — adjective obvious, and therefore not needing any explanation ╾ ,self evidently adverb …
6self-evident — / self explanatory [adj] obvious apparent, axiomatic, clear, comprehensible, incontrovertible, inescapable, manifest, patently true, plain, prima facie, undeniable, understandable, unmistakable, unquestionable, visible; concepts 529,548 Ant.… …
7self-evident — index apparent (perceptible), axiomatic, certain (positive), clear (apparent), coherent ( …
8self-evident proposition — index principle (axiom) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
9self-evident truth — index principle (axiom) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
10self-evident — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not needing to be demonstrated or explained; obvious …
