perceptible
UK/pəˈsɛptɪbl̩//pɚˈsɛptəbl̩/
perceptible adjective: able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
Adjective
perceptible (comparative more perceptible, superlative most perceptible)
- Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
- Her voice was barely perceptible over the noise, but her gestures made her meaning clear.
- Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.[…]But withal...1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- conspicuous, detectable, discernable, noticeable, observable, perceivable, sensable, sensible
Noun
perceptible (plural perceptibles)
- Anything that can be perceived.
perceptible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
perceptible in Hindi
- able to be perceived
- विचक्षण vicakṣaṇ
perceptible in Tamil
- உணர, தெரிந்து கொள்ளக்கூடிய
perceptible in Urdu
- ادراک پذیر
perceptible in Bengali
- perceptible
- প্রত্যক্ষ prottokkho
More languagesFewer languages
- perceptible in Telugu
- గోచరము gōcaramu
- perceptible in Malayalam
- വ്യക്തമായ, സ്പഷ്ടമായ, ഇന്ദ്രിയഗോചരമായ, കാണാവുന്ന
- perceptible in Kannada
- ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗೋಚರವಾದ, ಬುದ್ಧಿಗ್ರಾಹ್ಯ, ಬುದ್ಧಿವೇದ್ಯ
- perceptible in Odia
- ବିଚକ୍ଷଣ bicakṣaṇa
- perceptible in Sanskrit
- गृह्य gṛhya, विचक्षण vicakṣaṇa
- perceptible in Thai
- รับรู้ได้
Examples of perceptible in a sentence
- Unlike chimpanzees, whose females have bright red swollen buttocks when ovulating, females in humans evolved to have concealed ovulation, and do not have any perceptible signs that indicate their fertility.
- Black earnings decrease to the extent that one has a perceptible “blaccent.”
- Felix tapped the rebellious biceps, soothing it with a barely perceptible touch.
Synonyms of perceptible
Antonyms
Forms of perceptible
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more perceptible |
| superlative | most perceptible |
| Noun | |
| plural | perceptibles |
Origin of perceptible
Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin percipio.
Words formed from perceptible
Questions about perceptible
- What does perceptible mean?
- Perceptible means able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
- What is perceptible in Hindi?
- Perceptible in Hindi is विचक्षण (vicakṣaṇ). See Perceptible meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is perceptible?
- Perceptible can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce perceptible?
- Perceptible is pronounced /pɚˈsɛptəbl̩/ (US).
Words near perceptible in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: perceptible (page history and authors); perceptible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perceptible (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); প্রত্যক্ষ (Bengali) (page history and authors); గోచరము (Telugu) (page history and authors); perceptible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perceptible (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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