| doubtful, | dubious, | improbable, | unimaginable, | unlikely. |
Prepositions:
(When apparent is used in the sense of evident): His guilt is apparent in every act to all observers.
APPEAR.
Synonyms:
| have the appearance or semblance, | look, | seem. |
Appear and look refer to what manifests itself to the senses; to a semblance or probability presented directly to the mind. Seem[53] applies to what is manifest to the mind on reflection. It suddenly appears to me that there is smoke in the distance; as I watch, it looks like a fire; from my knowledge of the locality and observation of particulars, it seems to me a farmhouse must be burning.
Antonyms:
| be, | be certain, real, or true, | be the fact, | exist. |