Synonyms for blatant
ˈbleɪt ntbla·tant

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.4 / 14 votes

1. blatantadjective

   Obvious, on show

   Antonyms:
   furtive

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. blatant

   Synonyms:
   noisy, bellowing, vociferous, clamorous, braying

   Antonyms:
   quiet, low-toned, gentle

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. blatant, blazing, conspicuousadjective

   without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious

   "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion"

   Synonyms:
   dazzling, vociferous, glaring, clamorous, clamant, blinding, fulgent, blazing, strident, conspicuous, glary

   Antonyms:
   quiet, concealed

2. blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferousadjective

   conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

   "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"

   Synonyms:
   instant, shrill, spirant, conspicuous, insistent, exigent, continuant, fricative, sibilant, strident, blazing, clamant, vociferous, clamorous, raucous, crying

   Antonyms:
   concealed, quiet

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. blatantadjective

   Synonyms:
   bellowing, braying

2. blatantadjective

   Synonyms:
   clamorous, obstreperous, vociferous, noisy

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1. blatantadjective

   Synonyms:
   brawling, clamorous, obstreperous, bawling braying

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "blatant":

   flagrant, glaring, gross, brazen, shameless, obvious, striking, evident, barefaced, egregious, stark, overt, clear, apparent

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How to use blatant in a sentence?

1. Angela Merkel:

   The G7 and former G8 group has always viewed itself as a community of values, the annexation of Crimea, which is a blatant violation of the principles of international law, and the events in eastern Ukraine are serious violations of these common values.

2. Mary Rose:

   They tried to persuade us they were good guys since they were a family-owned company. But they were spreading noxious fumes into a residential area, we tried to work with them, but their violations were just so blatant.

3. Carsten Kengeter:

   It was too widespread and open for people to be completely unaware ... It was just so blatant.

4. Tricia Gerrodette:

   I think it's the most blatant example most people have seen of how people with power and money, connections and influence, have changed how the system is supposed to work, we're supposed to work under the laws and science. And science was overridden here.

5. Culture Minister Lina Mendoni:

   Motivated by financial gain, publicity and self promotion, Elgin deployed illegal and untoward measures to extract from Greece the Sculptures of the Parthenon and a plethora of other antiquities in a blatant act of serial theft.