accessible
AdjectiveUS[ak-ses-uh-buhl]/ækˈsɛsəbəl/4 syllables
Synonyms:
approachable
Open English WordNet
Adjective (4)
- capable of being reached“a town accessible by rail”Opposite inaccessibleSimilar handy, come-at-able, approachableRelates to handiness, accessibilitySee also convenient
- capable of being read with comprehension“readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader”“the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels”Synonyms: approachableOpposite incomprehensibleSimilar comprehensible, comprehendible
- easily obtained“most students now have computers accessible”“accessible money”Opposite unavailableSimilar available
- easy to get along with or talk to; friendly“an accessible and genial man”Opposite unapproachableSimilar approachable
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Translations
Adjective easy of access or approach
- Spanish
- accesible
- French
- accessible
- German
- zugänglich
- Italian
- accessibile
- Portuguese
- acessível
- Russian
- досту́пный dostúpnyj
- Dutch
- toegankelijk
- Polish
- dostępny
- Swedish
- tillgänglig
- Greek
- προσιτός prositós
11 more languages
- Hungarian
- hozzáférhető
- Portuguese (PT)
- acessível
- Catalan
- accessible
- Czech
- přístupný
- Danish
- tilgængelig
- Esperanto
- alirebla
- Finnish
- helppopääsyinen
- Hebrew
- נָגִישׁ nagísh
- Norwegian
- tilgjengelig
- Romanian
- accesibil
- Welsh
- hygyrch
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ac·cess′i·ble (…), adjective
Origin: L. accessibilis, fr. accedere: cf. F. accessible. See Accede.
1. Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.
2. Open to the influence of; — with to. “Minds accessible to reason.” Thomas Babington Macaulay
3. Obtainable; to be got at.
The best information... at present accessible.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54