adjadj.allcapable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or feltSynset:tangible
Examples:- a barely palpable dust
- felt sudden anger in a palpable wave
- the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton
- a palpable lie
Antonyms:impalpable
Derivationally Related Form:tangibilitytangibleness
Inherited Hypernyms:palpable
See also:perceptible
adj satadj.all(medicine) can be felt by palpationTopic:medical specialtymedicine
Antonyms:imperceptible
Derivationally Related Form:palpability
Inherited Hypernyms:palpable
Similar to:perceptible
adj satadj.allclearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgmentSynset:apparent evident manifest patent plain unmistakable
Examples:- the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields
- evident hostility
- manifest disapproval
- patent advantages
- made his meaning plain
- it is plain that he is no reactionary
- in plain view
- a palpable lie
Antonyms:unobvious
Derivationally Related Form:patencyappearapparentnessevidenceapparencyplainness
Inherited Hypernyms:apparent
Similar to:obvious
adj satadj.allso intense as to be almost touched or feltExamples:- there was a palpable sense of joy in the air
Antonyms:mild
Inherited Hypernyms:palpable
Similar to:intense