tangible
Meanings
Plural: tangibles
Adjective
- perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
- "skin with a tangible roughness"
- (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value
- "tangible property like real estate"
- "tangible assets such as machinery"
- capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
Adjective Satellite
- capable of being treated as fact
- "tangible evidence"
Adj
- Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.
- Perceptible; able to be perceived.
- Able to be treated as fact; real or concrete.
- Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.
Noun
- A physical object; something that can be touched.
- Real or concrete results.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French tangible, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangere (“to touch”).
Synonyms
actual, apprehensible, bodily, clear, comprehensible, concrete, conspicuous, corporeal, detectable, discernable, explainable, explicable, explicatable, fathomable, graspable, illuminable, intelligible, lucid, material, meaty, noticeable, observable, palpable, pellucid, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, physical, real, sensable, sensible, straightforward, substantive, tactile, tangible, touchable, understandable
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
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