accessible

Adjective
US[ak-ses-uh-buhl]/ækˈsɛsəbəl/4 syllables
Synonyms: approachable

Open English WordNet

Adjective (4)

  1. capable of being reached“a town accessible by rail”Opposite inaccessibleSimilar handy, come-at-able, approachableRelates to handiness, accessibilitySee also convenient
  2. 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
  3. easily obtained“most students now have computers accessible”“accessible money”Opposite unavailableSimilar available
  4. 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
Portuguese
acessível
Russian
досту́пный dostúpnyj
Polish
dostępny
Greek
προσιτός prositós
11 more languages
Portuguese (PT)
acessível
Catalan
accessible
Esperanto
alirebla
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

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