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visible

adj · 3 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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  • vĭz'ĭ-bəl
  • vĭz'ə-bəl
  • /ˈvɪzɪb(ə)l/
  • /ˈvɪzəb(ə)l/
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  • rhymes with -ɪbəl
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Able to be seen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • When the sun rises, the world becomes visible.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apparent, seeable

Antonyms: hidden, invisible, non-visible, nonvisible

2

adjective

Meaning 2

capable of being seen; or open to easy view

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a visible object
  • visible stars
  • mountains visible in the distance
  • a visible change of expression
  • visible files

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seeable

Antonyms: invisible

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

obvious to the eye

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a visible change of expression

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sigbaar — able to be seen
  • Albanian: dukshëm — able to be seen
  • Arabic: مَنْظُور (manẓūr) — able to be seen
  • Armenian: տեսանելի (tesaneli) — able to be seen
  • Asturian: visible — able to be seen
  • Belarusian: ба́чны (báčny) — able to be seen
  • Breton: hewel — able to be seen
  • Bulgarian: ви́дим (vídim) — able to be seen
  • Catalan: visible — able to be seen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 看得見 /看得见 (kàn de jiàn) — able to be seen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可看見的 /可看见的 (kě kànjiàn de) — able to be seen
  • Czech: viditelný — able to be seen
  • Danish: synlig — able to be seen
  • Dutch: zichtbaar — able to be seen
  • Dutch: zichtbare — able to be seen
  • Esperanto: videbla — able to be seen
  • Finnish: näkyvä — able to be seen
  • French: visible — able to be seen
  • Old French: voiable — able to be seen
  • Old French: veable — able to be seen
  • Galician: visible — able to be seen
  • Georgian: შესამჩნევი (šesamčnevi) — able to be seen
  • Georgian: დასანახი (dasanaxi) — able to be seen
  • Georgian: ხედვადი (xedvadi) — able to be seen
  • German: sichtbar — able to be seen
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃 (anasiuns) — able to be seen
  • Greek: ορατός (oratós) — able to be seen
  • Greek: φανερός (fanerós) — able to be seen
  • Ancient Greek: ὁρατός (horatós) — able to be seen
  • Ancient Greek: φανερός (phanerós) — able to be seen
  • Haitian Creole: vizib — able to be seen
  • Hebrew: נראה (nir'eh) — able to be seen
  • Hungarian: látható — able to be seen
  • Icelandic: sýnilegur — able to be seen
  • Irish: infheicthe — able to be seen
  • Irish: sofheicthe — able to be seen
  • Irish: le feiceáil — able to be seen
  • Irish: feicseanach — able to be seen
  • Italian: visibile — able to be seen
  • Japanese: 見える (mieru) — able to be seen
  • Japanese: 目に見える (me ni mieru) — able to be seen
  • Japanese: 顕在する (kenzai suru) — able to be seen
  • Kashmiri: درٛینٛٹھمان (drēnṭhmān) — able to be seen
  • Korean: 보이는 (boineun) — able to be seen
  • Central Kurdish: دیار (dyar) — able to be seen
  • Latin: spectābilis — able to be seen
  • Latin: visibilis — able to be seen
  • Latvian: redzams — able to be seen
  • Macedonian: видлив (vidliv) — able to be seen
  • Manx: so-akin — able to be seen
  • Māori: ari — able to be seen
  • Norwegian: synlig — able to be seen
  • Occitan: visible — able to be seen
  • Old Church Slavonic: видимъ (vidimŭ) — able to be seen
  • Old English: ġesewenlīċ — able to be seen
  • Persian: پیدا (peydâ) — able to be seen
  • Persian: هویدا (hoveydâ) — able to be seen
  • Persian: ویدا (vidâ) — able to be seen
  • Plautdietsch: sechtboa — able to be seen
  • Polish: widoczny — able to be seen
  • Polish: widzialny — able to be seen
  • Portuguese: visível — able to be seen
  • Punjabi: ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀਗੋਚਰ (driśṭīgocar) — able to be seen
  • Romanian: vizibil — able to be seen
  • Russian: ви́димый (vídimyj) — able to be seen
  • Sanskrit: दृश्य (dṛśya) — able to be seen
  • Sanskrit: दृष्ट (dṛṣṭa) — able to be seen
  • Serbo-Croatian: вѝдљив — able to be seen
  • Serbo-Croatian: ви̑дан — able to be seen
  • Serbo-Croatian: уо̀чљив — able to be seen
  • Serbo-Croatian: vìdljiv — able to be seen
  • Serbo-Croatian: vȋdan — able to be seen
  • Serbo-Croatian: uòčljiv — able to be seen
  • Spanish: visible — able to be seen
  • Swedish: synlig — able to be seen
  • Tagalog: tahaw — able to be seen
  • Tagalog: nakikita — able to be seen
  • Turkish: görülebilir — able to be seen
  • Ukrainian: ви́димий (výdymyj) — able to be seen
  • Ukrainian: ви́дний (výdnyj) — able to be seen
  • Vietnamese: nhìn thấy được — able to be seen
  • Vietnamese: khả kiến — able to be seen
  • Walloon: veyåve — able to be seen
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