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palpable

pal·pa·ble
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pal-puh-buh l]
    • /ˈpæl pə bəl/
    • /ˈpæl.pə.bl̩/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pal-puh-buh l]
    • /ˈpæl pə bəl/

Definitions of palpable word

  • adjective palpable readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident: a palpable lie; palpable absurdity. 1
  • adjective palpable capable of being touched or felt; tangible. 1
  • adjective palpable Medicine/Medical. perceptible by palpation. 1
  • adjective palpable evident, obvious 1
  • adjective palpable that can be touched or felt 1
  • adjective palpable You describe something as palpable when it is obvious or intense and easily noticed. 0

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Origin of palpable

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Late Latin palpābilis that can be touched, equivalent to palpā(re) to stroke, touch, palpate1 + -bilis -ble

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Parts of speech for Palpable

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

palpable popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for palpable

adj palpable

  • apprehensible — capable of being comprehended or grasped mentally
  • arrestive — tending to arrest
  • ascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • barefaced — You use barefaced to describe someone's behavior when you want to emphasize that they do not care that they are behaving wrongly.

adjective palpable

  • appreciable — An appreciable amount or effect is large enough to be important or clearly noticed.
  • attestable — Able to be attested.
  • environmental — Relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition.
  • evident — Plain or obvious; clearly seen or understood.
  • evincible — Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light; demonstrable.

Antonyms for palpable

adj palpable

  • impalpable — not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible.
  • imprecise — not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
  • intangible — not tangible; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as incorporeal or immaterial things; impalpable.
  • necromantic — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.

adjective palpable

  • doubtable — (uncommon) Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
  • enigmatical — Pertaining to an enigma.
  • inferential — of, pertaining to, by, or dependent upon inference.
  • invisible — not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.
  • mistakable — capable of being or liable to be mistaken or misunderstood.

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