VISIBILITY Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

visibility

noun

Definition of visibility

as in observability

the degree to which someone or something can be seen When cycling at night, it's a good idea to wear reflective clothing to enhance your visibility to drivers.

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as in prominence

the state of being publicly acknowledged or known The company hoped that the advertising deal would give their brand greater visibility.

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Recent Examples of visibility Stevens said drones give firefighters another way to assess a scene when visibility from the ground can be limited. — Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Scaling the system further would require each vehicle to maintain formation awareness despite limited underwater bandwidth and visibility. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026 Businesses need greater visibility into where their margins are exposed, along with the flexibility to set their own risk tolerance and tailor their response to different behaviors. — Sarita Singh, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026 In the near-decade since, Jay-Z has chosen his moments of visibility sparingly, appearing mostly as a power broker playing in one-per-center sandboxes. — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for visibility

Recent Examples of Synonyms for visibility

Noun

Our users didn’t care whether deployment pipelines were standardized, security controls were embedded or observability was built into the platform.

— Abhi Shimpi, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
That function matters for an aircraft built around low observability.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of observability

Noun

Official documents show Hitler – who was gaining prominence but had not yet seized power in Germany – had already left Munich for Nuremberg the previous afternoon, a timeline that would prove that he could not have been involved in her death.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2026
Fisher, who rose to prominence in the 1970s as Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, died in 2016 after a medical incident on an airplane.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of prominence

Noun

Its successor, the U6SF Pro, builds on that foundation with significantly higher brightness and even lower input lag for faster, smoother gaming.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
In some of the new villas, christened Le Ville della Marchesa, details include headboards upholstered with the famous Missoni zigzag and bathrooms that combine the original gray marble with the brightness of Vietri.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of brightness

Noun

The Studio will offer an even more enticing experience, with an assortment of more than 1,600 products across 90 prestige, emerging and global brands featured.

— Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
Neurocosmetic skincare is everywhere in 2026, with prestige brands and beauty editors promising formulas that work on the brain-skin axis to calm redness, dullness and reactivity.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of prestige

Noun

While Caribbean, Mediterranean, and Alaskan cruises will always be popular, one cruise type that’s gaining more notoriety is repositioning cruises.

— Megan duBois, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026
Some said Kelce and Swift were using the relationship to gain more notoriety.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of notoriety

Noun

Mid-round, golfers head to the Halfway House for burger dogs and fish tacos, and the Links Margarita has apparently achieved something close to cult status among regulars.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
There's also an AI voice assistant for activating in-car features, and a mobile app for remote air conditioning management, charging status monitoring, and automatic parking.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of status

Noun

Together, the two ushered the sport into a new era of popularity and recognition, having led Brazil to a world championship in Australia in 1994 and a silver medal in the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Many people have turned to sleepmaxxing, a viral wellness movement that has gained popularity on social media with little science to back it up.

— Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of popularity

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