visible en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English visible, from Old French visible, from Late Latin visibilis (“that may be seen”), from Latin videre (“to see”), past participle visus; see vision. Displaced native Old English ġesewenlīċ.
Meanings
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Able to be seen.
Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.
2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:Participants perceived strength training as improving many aspects of their physical and mental health. Many appreciated the visible improvements in muscular strength and body composition.
2025 August 20, Ashlyn Barry, Justin A. Haegele, Daniel Schaefer, Kristen A. Pickett, Luis Columna, “Autistic Young Adults’ Experiences and Recommendations for Strength Training”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOI:It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation.
1650, Thomas Browne, “Of the Cameleon”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 133:When the sun rises, the world becomes visible.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more visible | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most visible | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
nonvisible · non-visible · hidden · invisible · hidden · invisible
Deriveds
visible filing system · Visible Speech · nonvisible · visibleness · semivisible · bivisible · visibly · subvisible · unvisible · intervisible · visible spectrum · ultravisible · visible Web · extravisible · visible light · visible trade · hypervisible · infravisible · visible minority · visibles · visible file
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
transparent · pervious · diaphanous · translucent
Relateds
vision · visual · evidence · visualize · video · visualization · visionary · visage · visibility
Synonyms
viewable · seeable · seeable · visible · spottable · eyely · apparent · apparent
Translations (83)
be ба́чны (able to be seen) · oc visible (able to be seen) · pl widoczny (able to be seen) · ar مَنْظُور (able to be seen) · grc φανερός (able to be seen) · de sichtbar (able to be seen) · bg ви́дим (able to be seen) · cmn 可看見的 /可看见的 (able to be seen) · tl tahaw (able to be seen) · sv synlig (able to be seen) · fa پیدا (able to be seen) · mk видлив (able to be seen) · sq dukshëm (able to be seen) · sa दृश्य (able to be seen) · da synlig (able to be seen) · el ορατός (able to be seen) · tl nakikita (able to be seen) · fro veable (able to be seen) · fr visible (able to be seen) · nl zichtbaar (able to be seen) · sh вѝдљив (able to be seen) · hu látható (able to be seen) · pt visível (able to be seen) · el φανερός (able to be seen) · cs viditelný (able to be seen) · ja 目に見える (able to be seen) · sh vȋdan (able to be seen) · ga feicseanach (able to be seen) · pdt sechtboa (able to be seen) · wa veyåve (able to be seen) · ga le feiceáil (able to be seen) · gl visible (able to be seen) · eo videbla (able to be seen) · ga infheicthe (able to be seen) · pl widzialny (able to be seen) · ka ხედვადი (able to be seen) · ka შესამჩნევი (able to be seen) · nl zichtbare (able to be seen) · sh уо̀чљив (able to be seen) · fi näkyvä (able to be seen) · ga sofheicthe (able to be seen) · ht vizib (able to be seen) · sa दृष्ट (able to be seen) · la spectābilis (able to be seen) · uk ви́дний (able to be seen) · ast visible (able to be seen) · cmn 看得見 /看得见 (able to be seen) · cu видимъ (able to be seen) · sh vìdljiv (able to be seen) · ang ġesewenlīċ (able to be seen) · he נראה (able to be seen) · fa هویدا (able to be seen) · ja 顕在する (able to be seen) · sh ви̑дан (able to be seen) · es visible (able to be seen) · ja 見える (able to be seen) · uk ви́димий (able to be seen) · hy տեսանելի (able to be seen) · ro vizibil (able to be seen) · ru ви́димый (able to be seen) · ckb دیار (able to be seen) · mi ari (able to be seen) · fro voiable (able to be seen) · gv so-akin (able to be seen) · af sigbaar (able to be seen) · vi khả kiến (able to be seen) · fa ویدا (able to be seen) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃 (able to be seen) · la visibilis (able to be seen) · ca visible (able to be seen) · br hewel (able to be seen) · no synlig (able to be seen) · is sýnilegur (able to be seen) · it visibile (able to be seen) · tr görülebilir (able to be seen) · ka დასანახი (able to be seen) · vi nhìn thấy được (able to be seen) · pa ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀਗੋਚਰ (able to be seen) · ks درٛینٛٹھمان (able to be seen) · sh uòčljiv (able to be seen) · grc ὁρατός (able to be seen) · ko 보이는 (able to be seen) · lv redzams (able to be seen)