Apparent
Apparent adjective - Appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed.
Hands-down and apparent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hands-down" instead an adjective "Apparent".
Nearby Word: apparently
Hands-down
Hands-down adjective - Involving minimal difficulty or effort.
Usage example: after all that worrying, the game for the championship turned out to be a hands-down win
Apparent and hands-down are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apparent" instead an adjective phrase "Hands-down".
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Programmers could, in theory, tweak their games to disable caching for full installs (in which case there'd be a hands-down performance improvement), but the Halo 3 coders did their work before such installs were possible (and have no apparent interest in releasing a patch).
Source: Loads and Loads of Loading
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Hands-down and Apparent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/apparent/hands-down
Apparent & Hands-down. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/apparent/hands-down>.
Hands-down or Apparent. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/apparent/hands-down.
