audible

adjective

Definition of audiblenext
as in appreciable
heard or able to be heard Her voice was barely audible over the noise. He let out an audible sigh.

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Recent Examples of audible Their comings and goings were audible in the kitchen, amplified by the metal pipe. — Elvira Navarro, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 The Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council advanced the request in a voice vote with no audible dissent. — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026 There were several other moments against Hull when Gusto did get an audible reaction from the Stamford Bridge crowd. — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Goldberg noted that their guest today, Cruz, would be at the convention, and people in the crowd made their disdain for him audible. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for audible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for audible
  1. appreciable
  2. visible
  3. noticeable
  4. tangible
Adjective
  • These neutrinos would be so energetic that to capture an appreciable number of them, and to contain the ones that were captured, the detector would have to be huge, even by neutrino detector standards.
    — Doug Cowen, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Across a blend of 64 different ensemble members, different runs of a weather model with slightly different initial conditions, only a minority brought appreciable rainfall to Southern California.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of appreciable
Adjective
  • This is an album full of stars, storms, and horizons, the depths of visible color vibrating in invisible air.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Attitudes towards a two-state solution What’s less visible, and more surprising, is what has stayed the same.
    — Dahlia Scheindlin, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of visible
Adjective
  • That’s in part because the federal government has focused funding on more noticeable forms of homelessness, such as people living in encampments.
    — Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Some residents told the Journal the helicopter traffic has been especially noticeable on summer Fridays and Sundays as travelers head east for the weekend and then return to the city.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of noticeable
Adjective
  • The work was a touching reminder of Winehouse’s tangible presence, wafting through the galleries.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Aside from Sorkin and its subject of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, the new film has no tangible ties to it, either.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of tangible

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“Audible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/audible. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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