Definitions of apparent

1. An heir apparent.

2. APPARENTNESS.

3. appearing as such but not necessarily so; " for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; " the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; " the ostensible truth of their theories"; " his seeming honesty"

4. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.

5. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.

6. Appearing to the eye or mind ( distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.

7. Open to view; capable of being easily understood; evident.

8. That may be seen : evident: seeming.

9. Visible; evident; seeming.

10. Seeming; not necessarily real or true.

11. That may be easily seen; obvious; seeming, not real. An heir apparent, one whose right to succeed to an estate or throne is indefeasible.

12. That may be easily seen; obvious; plain; in science, not real- as apparent motion.