palpable

adj.可感知的;adj.明显的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
palpable (adjective)
1.
capable of being touched or felt - tangible
2.
easily perceptible - noticeable a palpable difference
3.
easily perceptible by the mind - manifest perceptible
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
palpable (adjective)
1.
able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind
SYNONYMS:
appreciable, apprehensible, detectable, discernible ( discernable), distinguishable, palpable, sensible
RELATED WORDS:
audible, observable, tangible, visible; clear, conspicuous, evident, eye-catching, manifest, noticeable, obvious, plain, ponderable, prominent, striking; apparent, distinct, identifiable, significant, straightforward
NEAR ANTONYMS:
inaudible, intangible, invisible; inconspicuous, indistinct, unnoticeable, unobtrusive; faint, insignificant, slight, trivial; buried, concealed, covert, disguised, hidden, obscure, shrouded, vague
impalpable, imperceptible, inappreciable, indistinguishable, insensible, undetectable
palpable (adjective)
2.
capable of being perceived by the sense of touch
SYNONYMS:
palpable, touchable
RELATED WORDS:
tactile; corporeal, physical; actual, concrete, embodied, existent, material, real, substantial; appreciable, detectable, discernible ( discernable), noticeable, observable, perceptible, seeable, sensible, visible
NEAR ANTONYMS:
bodiless, formless, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, nonmaterial, nonphysical, unbodied, unsubstantial; abstract, ethereal, spiritual, unreal, virtual; imperceptible, insensible
impalpable, intangible
palpable (adjective)
3.
not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation
SYNONYMS:
apparent, bald, bald-faced, barefaced, bright-line, broad, clear-cut, crystal clear, decided, distinct, evident, lucid, luculent, luminous, manifest, nonambiguous, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, ringing, straightforward, transparent, unambiguous, unambivalent, unequivocal, unmistakable
RELATED WORDS:
cognizable, cognoscible, comprehendible, comprehensible, digestible, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, understandable; self-evident, self-explanatory; clean-cut, simple, tidy, uncomplicated; overt, undisguised; appreciable, perceptible, recognizable, sensible, tangible; discernible ( discernable), noticeable, observable, visible; black-and-white, explicit, trenchant, well-defined; clean, decipherable, fair, legible, readable
NEAR ANTONYMS:
incomprehensible, indecipherable, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowable; impalpable, imperceptible, inappreciable, indiscernible, insensible; cloudy, gauzy, gray ( grey), hazy, imprecise, indefinite, indeterminate, misty, murky, nebulous, noncommital, sketchy, slippery, subtle, vague; illegible, undecipherable, unreadable
ambiguous, clouded, cryptic, dark, enigmatic ( enigmatical), equivocal, indistinct, mysterious, nonobvious, obfuscated, obscure, unapparent, unclarified, unclear, unclouded
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