accessible
/əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/
accessible adjective: easy of access or approach.
Adjective
accessible (comparative more accessible, superlative most accessible)
- Easy of access or approach.
- an accessible town or mountain
- At first sight it would seem that the deep interior of the sun and stars is less accessible to scientific investigation than any other region of the universe.1926, A[rthur] [S]tanley Eddington, “Survey of the Problem”, in The Internal Constitution of the Stars, page 1
- Synonyms:
- approachable
- Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.
- an accessible website
- accessible public transport
- Easy to get along with.
- Synonyms:
- easy-going, friendly, welcoming
- Open to the influence of.
- Minds accessible to reason.1890, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of Herodotus
- Obtainable; to be got at.
- The materials, however, which are at present accessible, are sufficient for the construction of a narrative not to be read without shame and loathing.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC
- Easily understood or appreciated.
- But something new was rippling through a million MySpace profiles. The sound was electro, and bass-laced synthetic dance pop would soon start streaming in from producers in Paris, dizzying the twenteens of Britain with its accessible, anthemic funk.2015, Rose Bretécher, Pure, →ISBN
- Capable of being used or seen.
accessible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
accessible in Hindi
- accessible, reachable
- गम्य gamya
- accessible, attainable, passable
- सुगम sugam
accessible in Tamil
- அடையக்கூடிய, நெருங்கக்கூடிய, அணுகக்கூடிய
accessible in Marathi
- प्रवेशयोग्य
accessible in Urdu
- قابِلِ رَسائی, قابل حصول ہونا, سہل الحصول, دسترس پذیر, اثر پذیر
More languagesFewer languages
- accessible in Bengali
- সুগম, অভিগম্য, সুলভ, অবারিত
- accessible in Malayalam
- മനസ്സിലാക്കാവുന്ന, സ്വാധീനിക്കാൻ കഴിയുന്ന, അഭിഗമ്യമായ, സമീപിക്കാവുന്ന
- accessible in Kannada
- ಪಡೆಯಬಲ್ಲ, ಮುಟ್ಟಬಲ್ಲ, ಎಟಕುವ, ಸೇರಬಹುದಾದ
- accessible in Punjabi
- ਪਹੁੰਚਯੋਗ
- accessible in Gujarati
- સુલભ
- accessible in Odia
- ପ୍ରବେଶଯୋଗ୍ଯ଼
- accessible in Sanskrit
- सुगम sugama
Examples of accessible in a sentence
- Speedy, worldwide, accessible delivery of news through the Web has made newspapers obsolete.
- If we locally scope the user's login name, it won't be accessible from outside this function.
- The novel's less accessible aspects were ignored by the Hollywoodian money machine.
Synonyms of accessible
Antonyms
Forms of accessible
| comparative | more accessible |
|---|---|
| superlative | most accessible |
Origin of accessible
First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”), equivalent to access + -ible.
Words formed from accessible
Questions about accessible
- What does accessible mean?
- Accessible means easy of access or approach.
- What is accessible in Hindi?
- Accessible in Hindi is गम्य (gamya), सुगम (sugam). See Accessible meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is accessible?
- Accessible is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce accessible?
- Accessible is pronounced /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/ (UK).
Words near accessible in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: accessible (page history and authors); गम्य (Hindi) (page history and authors); accessible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accessible (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); accessible (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accessible (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accessible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accessible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accessible (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); accessible (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); accessible (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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