Dictionary

accessible en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”), equivalent to access + -ible.

Meanings

1. Easy of access or approach.
   • an accessible town or mountain
   • At first sight it would seem that the deep interior of the sun and stars is less accessible to scientific investigation than any other region of the universe. 1926, A[rthur] [S]tanley Eddington, “Survey of the Problem”, in The Internal Constitution of the Stars, page 1:
2. (specifically) Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.
   • As well as the boom in off-peak leisure numbers, "there has been a big spike in passenger assistance - that's really taken off as well", he continues. "We're probably victims of our own success because we promote this more than we ever used to. We promote how accessible the railways are. I think that this area has more than doubled from pre-COVID levels. 2023 November 1, Nick Brodrick talks to Jason Cocker, “A station that "oozes" customer service...”, in RAIL, number 995, pages 52-53:
   • an accessible website
   • accessible public transport
3. (of a person) Easy to get along with.
4. (with-to) Open to the influence of.
   • Minds accessible to reason. 1890, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of Herodotus:
5. Obtainable; to be got at.
   • The materials, however, which are at present accessible, are sufficient for the construction of a narrative not to be read without shame and loathing. 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
6. Easily understood or appreciated.
   • But something new was rippling through a million MySpace profiles. The sound was electro, and bass-laced synthetic dance pop would soon start streaming in from producers in Paris, dizzying the twenteens of Britain with its accessible, anthemic funk. 2015, Rose Bretécher, Pure, →ISBN:
7. Capable of being used or seen.

Forms

Antonyms

inaccessible

Deriveds

accessibility · wheelchair accessible · accessibly · bioaccessible · immunoaccessible · accessibleness · unaccessible · nonaccessible · accessible tourism · handicapped-accessible

Synonyms

welcoming · easy-going · friendly · approachable

Translations (108)

es accesible (of a person, approachable) · ru досту́пный (easily understood) · az əlçatan (easy of access or approach) · uk дося́жний (easy of access or approach) · sh при̏ступа̄чан (easy of access or approach) · da tilgængelig (of a person, approachable) · hu hozzáférhető (obtainable) · de zugänglich (easy of access or approach) · az əlçatan (obtainable) · hy հասանելի (easy of access or approach) · de barrierefrei (built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities) · et kättesaadav (of a person, approachable) · kk қолжетімді (easy of access or approach) · it accessibile (easily understood) · et ligipääsetav (easy of access or approach) · hu megközelíthető (easy of access or approach) · el προσιτός (of a person, approachable) · gl accesíbel (easily understood) · bg пода́тлив (open to the influence of) · bg достижи́м (easy of access or approach) · hu akadálymentes (built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities) · ru поня́тный (easily understood) · fi esteetön (built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities) · sa सुगम (easy of access or approach) · pt acessível (of a person, approachable) · bg достъ́пен (easy of access or approach) · fi helppopääsyinen (easy of access or approach) · sk prístupný (easy of access or approach) · ca accessible (of a person, approachable) · uk досту́пний (easy of access or approach) · pl dostępny (easy of access or approach) · ca accessible (easy of access or approach) · hu akadálymentesített (built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities) · nl toegankelijk (easy of access or approach) · es fácil de accesar (easy of access or approach) · sh до̀ступан (easy of access or approach) · eo alirebla (easy of access or approach) · gl accesíbel (open to the influence of) · ru пода́тливый (open to the influence of) · gl accesible (obtainable) · cs dostupný (easy of access or approach) · sv tillgänglig (of a person, approachable) · uk досяжни́й (easy of access or approach) · grc βάσιμος (easy of access or approach) · tr kolay anlaşılan (easily understood) · be дасяга́льны (easy of access or approach) · fi ymmärrettävissä oleva (easily understood) · da modtagelig (open to the influence of) · sv tillgänglig (easy of access or approach) · sl dostopen (easy of access or approach) · cs přístupný (easy of access or approach) · ru досту́пный (of a person, approachable) · es asequible (easy of access or approach) · sv mottaglig (open to the influence of) · fr accessible (of a person, approachable) · tr kolayca anlaşılır (easily understood) · tr erişilebilir (easy of access or approach) · fr accessible (easy of access or approach) · ru поддаю́щийся (open to the influence of) · tr erişilebilir (of a person, approachable) · ru досту́пный (easy of access or approach) · gl accesíbel (obtainable) · fi lähestyttävä (of a person, approachable) · eo facile komprenebla (easily understood) · de zugänglich (easily understood) · gl accesible (easily understood) · ru достижи́мый (easy of access or approach) · fr accessible (obtainable) · da tilgængelig (easy of access or approach) · be дасту́пны (easy of access or approach) · da letforståelig (easily understood) · sh при̏ступа̄чан (easily understood) · es abordable (of a person, approachable) · nn tilgjengeleg (easy of access or approach) · ka მისაწვდომი (easy of access or approach) · es accesible (easy of access or approach) · sv lättbegriplig (easily understood) · gl accesible (of a person, approachable) · ru досту́пный (obtainable) · gl accesíbel (easy of access or approach) · sk dostupný (easy of access or approach) · gl accesible (easy of access or approach) · fi saatavilla oleva (obtainable) · la patens (easy of access or approach) · mi tomopai (easy of access or approach) · ro accesibil (obtainable) · sh dòstupan (easy of access or approach) · bg поня́тен (easily understood) · fi avoin (open to the influence of) · bg постижи́м (obtainable) · de zugänglich (of a person, approachable) · el προσιτός (easy of access or approach) · he נָגִישׁ (easy of access or approach) · el προσιτός (obtainable) · ia accessibile (easy of access or approach) · nb tilgjengelig (easy of access or approach) · sh prȉstupāčan (easily understood) · pt acessível (easily understood) · pt acessível (easy of access or approach) · sh prȉstupāčan (easy of access or approach) · fi saavutettava (built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities) · gl accesíbel (of a person, approachable) · ro accesibil (easy of access or approach) · el προσιτός (easily understood) · mk достапен (easy of access or approach) · it accessibile (easy of access or approach) · gl accesible (open to the influence of) · cy hygyrch (easy of access or approach)