invisible
/ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/
invisible adjective: unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
Adjective
invisible (not comparable)
- 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...
- The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some...1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, pages 58–59
- 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
- Apparently, but not actually, offline.
- I went invisible so that my ex-girlfriend wouldn't send me instant messages.
- That is ignored by a person.
Verb
invisible (third-person singular simple present invisibles, present participle invisibling, simple past and past participle invisibled)
- To make invisible, to invisiblize.
- In the next section I look at some of the factors that contribute to the “invisibling” of people in later life in terms of the marginalization and splitting that occurs in providing decent psychological as well as physical care.2007, Rachael Davenhill, Looking into Later Life
Noun
invisible (plural invisibles)
- An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.
- A Rosicrucian; so called because avoiding declaration of his craft.
- One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church.
- Invisibles. Heretics who denied the visibility of the Church1872, Orby Shipley, A Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms
invisible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
invisible in Hindi
- unable to be seen
- अदृश्य adŕśya, ओझल ojhal, अनदेखा andekhā
invisible in Tamil
- பார்க்க முடியாத, கண்ணுக்குத் தெரியாத, புலனாகாத
invisible in Marathi
- unable to be seen
- अदृश्य adŕśya
invisible in Urdu
- invisible
- غائب ġāib
More languagesFewer languages
- invisible in Bengali
- অদৃশ্য odriśśo
- invisible in Telugu
- అగోచరము agōcaramu, అదృశ్య adr̥śya
- invisible in Malayalam
- അദൃശ്യം, അഗോചരം, പരോക്ഷം
- invisible in Kannada
- ಕಣ್ಮರೆ, ಕಾಣದ, ಕಣ್ತಪ್ಪು, ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಕಾಣದ
- invisible in Punjabi
- ਅਦਿੱਖ adikkha, ਅਲੋਪ alop
- invisible in Gujarati
- અદ્રશ્ય, અદૃશ્ય
- invisible in Odia
- ଅଦୃଶ୍ଯ଼, ଅଦୃଶ୍ଯ଼ |
- invisible in Sanskrit
- अदृष्ट adṛṣṭa
- invisible in Nepali
- अदृश्य adr̥śya
- invisible in Tagalog
- ditahaw, alimuos
- invisible in Arabic
- غَيْر مَرْئِيّ ḡayr marʔiyy, خَفِيّ ḵafiyy
- invisible in Malay
- halimunan
- invisible in Thai
- ล่องหน lɔ̂ng-hǒn
- invisible in Vietnamese
- vô hình, tàng hình, ẩn hình
Examples of invisible in a sentence
- The floor here is invisible because the game's devs forgot to texture it.
- There is an almost invisible collet that secures the stone to the ring.
- Although physical imports exceeded exports, when invisible exports were accounted for the balance of payments was healthy.
Synonyms of invisible
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Antonyms
Forms of invisible
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | invisibles |
| present participle | invisibling |
| past participle | invisibled |
| past | invisibled |
| Noun | |
| plural | invisibles |
Origin of invisible
From Middle English invisible, from Old French invisible, from Late Latin invīsibilis. Displaced native Old English unġesewenlīċ. Morphologically in- + visible. Piecewise doublet of unvisible.
Words formed from invisible
Phrases with invisible
Questions about invisible
- What does invisible mean?
- Invisible means unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
- What is invisible in Hindi?
- Invisible in Hindi is अदृश्य (adŕśya), ओझल (ojhal), अनदेखा (andekhā). See Invisible meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is invisible?
- Invisible can be an adjective, a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce invisible?
- Invisible is pronounced /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/.
Words near invisible in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: invisible (page history and authors); invisible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); غائب (Urdu) (page history and authors); invisible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); invisible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਦਿੱਖ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); invisible (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); invisible (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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