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invis

invis is the clipping of invisible.

Meaning of invisible

Adjective

invisible (not comparable)

  1. Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
    • Unſpeakable, who ſitſt above theſe Heavens / To us inviſible or dimly ſeen / In theſe thy loweſt works,[…]1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
    Antonyms:
    apparent, visible
  2. Not appearing on the surface.
    • The physical covering of this image limited the Christians’ view, rendering the image invisible on all but a few occasions.2024, Katherine Aron-Beller, chapter 6, in Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators: The History of an Allegation, 400–1700, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 261
    Synonyms:
    invis, hidden, latent
  3. (Internet) Apparently, but not actually, offline.
    • I went invisible so that my ex-girlfriend wouldn't send me instant messages.
  4. That is ignored by a person.

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Synonyms of invis

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Questions about invis

What is invis the clipping of?
Invis is the clipping of invisible.

Words near invis in the dictionary

  1. invirility
  2. inviron
  3. invironed
  4. invironing
  5. invirons
  6. invis
  7. inviscate
  8. inviscated
  9. inviscates
  10. inviscating
  11. inviscation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: invis (page history and authors); invisible (page history and authors). 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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