PERCEIVABLE Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

perceivable

adjective

Definition of perceivable

as in obvious

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Recent Examples of perceivable Cell phone recordings captured the police’s show of force, use of force, and command over what was perceivable. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 This lack of a perceivable third dimension can lead to a lot of confusion. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 19 June 2026 But the hardly perceivable details, the miniscule mistakes piled up to cost Colorado a game that meant everything. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 May 2026 The trajectory puts Venus in a different category than most of its perceivable peers. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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Adjective

The tents with a bathroom in them, a seemingly obvious upgrade from those without (there’s a communal washroom), have toilets that aren’t completely enclosed.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Put the paths of 1991, 2009 and 2027 on a globe, and the approximately 120-degree westward jump between successive members becomes immediately obvious.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of obvious

Adjective

Two years later, as massive success seemed like the Eagles’ manifest destiny, that tandem cut their bandmates out of a publishing deal, setting themselves up with a never-ending sinecure but setting their original quartet up to crumble.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
The books’ capacious geography felt like a girlish form of manifest destiny.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of manifest

Adjective

That’s in part because the federal government has focused funding on more noticeable forms of homelessness, such as people living in encampments.

— Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2026
Some residents told the Journal the helicopter traffic has been especially noticeable on summer Fridays and Sundays as travelers head east for the weekend and then return to the city.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of noticeable

Adjective

Separate flights were arranged, with Machado traveling separately from some members of the group and the journalists in an effort to make her movements less conspicuous.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Higher mortgage rates are the most conspicuous factor putting homes out of financial reach, but not the only one.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of conspicuous

Adjective

The atmospheric phenomena potentially detectable by HWO depend on those phases and the angle between the planet, its star, and the observatory, and therefore are best seen at different times in the planet’s orbit.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Glyphosate was found at detectable levels in 37% of products, and cat food with more plants in the first 10 ingredients had higher glyphosate levels.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

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