perceptible
nounEtymology Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin percipio.
1
Anything that can be perceived.
perceptible
adjUS /pɚˈsɛptəbl̩/ · UK /pəˈsɛptɪbl̩/
Etymology Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin percipio.
1
Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
- Her voice was barely perceptible over the noise, but her gestures made her meaning clear.
- Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.[…]But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- Synonyms
- conspicuous, detectable, discernable, noticeable, observable, perceivable, perceptible, sensable, sensible
- Antonyms
- imperceptible
- Derived terms
- nonperceptible, perceptibleness, perceptibly
- Hyponyms
- audible, gustable, olfactible, tactile, visible, measurable, obvious, subtle