English Explanatory Dictionary

tangible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.
  2. Perceptible; able to be perceived.
  3. Able to be treated as fact; real or concrete.
  4. Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.
noun
  1. A physical object; something that can be touched.
  2. Real or concrete results.

Pronunciation

/ˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.b(ə)l/ /ˈtæn.d͡ʒə.bəl/ en-us-tangible.ogg

Word forms

tangible more tangible most tangible tangibles

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tangible, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangere (“to touch”)

Synonyms

palpable tactile tangible touchable conspicuous detectable discernable noticeable observable perceivable perceptible sensable sensible actual bodily choical corporeal concrete hylic hylical material meaty physical real substantive apprehensible clear limpid comprehensible explainable explicable explicatable fathomable graspable illuminable intelligible lucid pellucid perspicuous straightforward understandable

Antonyms

intangible

Related words

real palpable touch

Derived words

nontangible tangible asset tangibleness tangibly untangible
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