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visibility

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
  • UK, US: /ˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/
  • UK, US: /ˌvɪz.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: V IH2 Z AH0 B IH1 L IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The condition of being visible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The degree to which things may be seen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • The visibility from that angle was good.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The scope within which a variable, function, etc. is able to be accessed directly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Something worthy of being seen; a sight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

capability of providing a clear unobstructed view

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a windshield with good visibility

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: clearness, clarity, uncloudedness

6

noun

Meaning 6

quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • low visibility caused by fog

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: visibleness

Antonyms: invisibility

Broader terms: perceptibility

Narrower terms: conspicuousness, visual range

7

noun

Meaning 7

degree of exposure to public notice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • that candidate does not have sufficient visibility to win an election

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: profile

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: salience, saliency, strikingness

Narrower terms: low profile

History

Etymology

From Middle French visibilité, from Late Latin visibilitas; equivalent to visible + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رُؤْيَة (ruʔya) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Asturian: visibilidá — degree to which things may be seen
  • Azerbaijani: görünərlik — degree to which things may be seen
  • Belarusian: ві́дзімасць (vídzimascʹ) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Belarusian: ба́чнасць (báčnascʹ) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Belarusian: ба́чымасць (báčymascʹ) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Belarusian: відо́масць (vidómascʹ) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Bulgarian: ви́димост (vídimost) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Catalan: visibilitat — degree to which things may be seen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 能見度 /能见度 (néngjiàndù) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可見度 /可见度 (kějiàndù) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Czech: viditelnost — degree to which things may be seen
  • Danish: synlighed — degree to which things may be seen
  • Dutch: zichtbaarheid — degree to which things may be seen
  • Esperanto: videbleco — degree to which things may be seen
  • Estonian: nähtavus — degree to which things may be seen
  • Finnish: näkyvyys — degree to which things may be seen
  • French: visibilité — degree to which things may be seen
  • Galician: visibilidade — degree to which things may be seen
  • Georgian: ხილვადობა (xilvadoba) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Georgian: ხილულობა (xiluloba) — degree to which things may be seen
  • German: Sicht — degree to which things may be seen
  • German: Sichtbarkeit — degree to which things may be seen
  • German: Sichtverhältnisse — degree to which things may be seen
  • German: Sichtweite — degree to which things may be seen
  • Greek: ορατότητα (oratótita) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Hungarian: láthatóság — degree to which things may be seen
  • Interlingua: visibilitate — degree to which things may be seen
  • Irish: infheictheacht — degree to which things may be seen
  • Irish: léargas — degree to which things may be seen
  • Irish: feiceáil — degree to which things may be seen
  • Italian: visibilità — degree to which things may be seen
  • Japanese: 可視 (kashi) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Japanese: 顕在 (kenzai) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Korean: 시정 (sijeong) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Latin: visibilitas — degree to which things may be seen
  • Latvian: redzamība — degree to which things may be seen
  • Macedonian: видливост (vidlivost) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Polish: widoczność — degree to which things may be seen
  • Portuguese: visibilidade — degree to which things may be seen
  • Romanian: vizibilitate — degree to which things may be seen
  • Russian: ви́димость (vídimostʹ) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Serbo-Croatian: вѝдљиво̄ст — degree to which things may be seen
  • Serbo-Croatian: vìdljivōst — degree to which things may be seen
  • Slovak: viditeľnosť — degree to which things may be seen
  • Slovene: vidljivost — degree to which things may be seen
  • Spanish: visibilidad — degree to which things may be seen
  • Swedish: synlighet — degree to which things may be seen
  • Turkish: görülebilirlik — degree to which things may be seen
  • Ukrainian: ви́димість (výdymistʹ) — degree to which things may be seen
  • Welsh: gwelededd — degree to which things may be seen
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