PERCEIVABLE Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

perceivable

adjective

Definition of perceivable

as in obvious

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Recent Examples of perceivable This lack of a perceivable third dimension can lead to a lot of confusion. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 19 June 2026 But the hardly perceivable details, the miniscule mistakes piled up to cost Colorado a game that meant everything. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 May 2026 The trajectory puts Venus in a different category than most of its perceivable peers. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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Adjective

For all his obvious qualities in attack, Ruiz also praises Kvaratskhelia’s defensive work.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Jacob Klein, Anthropic’s head of threat intelligence, told The New York Times that the situation rarely involves obvious declarations of malicious intent.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of obvious

Adjective

The quality of the coffee seems a bit underwhelming, and its bitterness drowns out much of the perceptible campfire-ness.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2026
The model tends toward certain word choices repeatedly throughout a text, embedding a pattern that is meant to be perceptible only to someone with the key.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of perceptible

Adjective

That wasn’t for a lack of skill, though, and his repertoire has again been evident this summer during another productive training camp.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
That was quite evident at Evans on Saturday afternoon in this year’s edition of the Soul Bowl.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of evident

Adjective

Two years later, as massive success seemed like the Eagles’ manifest destiny, that tandem cut their bandmates out of a publishing deal, setting themselves up with a never-ending sinecure but setting their original quartet up to crumble.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
The books’ capacious geography felt like a girlish form of manifest destiny.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of manifest

Adjective

If Taron Johnson and the secondary hold up against complex passing schemes, the unit should take a noticeable leap in efficiency.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Separate data from Indeed’s Job Postings Index also shows a seasonal ramp-up that is noticeable around Labor Day and the weeks that follow.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of noticeable

Adjective

Tina Weymouth, Talking Heads Play There have been a conspicuous number of great punk and alternative bands whose only female member played bass, including Sonic Youth, the Pixies, the Smashing Pumpkins, Black Flag, and Superchunk.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026
For one thing, there’s that conspicuous six-page feature on Zara chair Marta Ortega Pérez — the 42-year-old daughter of 90-year-old founder Amancio Ortega — in Vogue‘s September issue.

— Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of conspicuous

Adjective

None had identification or detectable microchips on them, officials said.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026
The vaccine, in combination with Keytruda , met key goals in patients with higher-risk or advanced melanoma whose detectable cancer had been completely removed through surgery.

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

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