tangible
AdjectiveUS[tan-juh-buhl]/ˈtændʒəbəl/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (4)
- perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch“skin with a tangible roughness”Synonyms: touchableOpposite impalpableSimilar tactile, tactualSee also concrete
- capable of being treated as fact“tangible evidence”“his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor”Synonyms: realOpposite abstractSimilar concrete
- (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value“tangible property like real estate”“tangible assets such as machinery”Opposite intangibleSimilar real, realizable
- capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt“a barely palpable dust”“felt sudden anger in a palpable wave”“the air was warm and close — palpable as cotton”“a palpable lie”Synonyms: palpableSee also perceptible
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Tan′gi·ble adjective
Origin: L. tangibilis, fr. tangere to touch: cf. F. tangible. See Tangent.
1. Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable. Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
2. Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. “A tangible blunder.” George Noel Gordon, Ld. Byron
Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others.— Robert Southey
— Tan′wb-a1′>′gi·ble·ness, noun — Tan′wb-a1′>′gi·bly, adverb
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54