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 Raising visibility The team participated in industry-wide initiatives with STM. — IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026 The Shark Lab eliminated sight (limited horizontal visibility) and odor (disperses too quickly in water) as the reason a shark might react from so far away. — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 At Kiko Milano, Mastrogiacomo oversees global communications, social media and media, focusing on expanding the brand’s visibility, strengthening its international positioning and cultural relevance and building connections with consumers worldwide. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 30 July 2026 This high-visibility approach from the formerly threatening asteroid will not be the end of the show, however. — Andrew Jones, Scientific American, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for visibility

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Noun

Technology leaders should manage architecture and observability.

— Dr. Suresh Rajappa, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Focus less on actions or tokens and more on observability and verification.

— Nnamdi Iregbulem, Fortune, 29 July 2026

Definition of observability

Noun

Their name appears throughout South Florida on charitable projects and nonprofit boards, reflecting decades of giving that accompanied the family’s growing prominence.

— Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
James Baldwin rose to prominence as a novelist, essayist, and public intellectual at a time when psychoanalysis was all the rage.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of prominence

Noun

In practice, though, adoption remains inconsistent, regulations vary by country, and many vehicles still rely on brute-force brightness rather than precision.

— Matthew MacConnell, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
The Pixel 10a has a 2,424-by-1,080-pixel display, a semi-variable refresh rate ranging from 60Hz to 120Hz, and a whopping 3,000-nit brightness.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of brightness

Noun

Unlike the fund’s previous attempts to buy national prestige, though, like LIV Golf or the Saudi Super League, EA can reasonably be expected to make money, although the debt piled on may hamper its earnings.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
History shows that presidents who intensify wars in pursuit of a way out, or to protect their own prestige or America’s reputation, descend a slippery slope.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of prestige

Noun

That meant one endless season after another, flowing into compressed offseasons, disadvantageous end-of-round draft statures and the ever-arduous schedule that the NFL formula assigns division winners.

— Vahe Gregorian July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
La Liga poses a slightly different challenge, with more teams content with sitting deep, especially against a side of Madrid’s stature.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of stature

Noun

As Tehran and Washington issue mixed messages, the status of the strait remains at the core of the conflict.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Although Chinese authorities have not officially confirmed the aircraft or its development status, the latest visuals have renewed interest in Beijing’s progress toward a sixth-generation combat aircraft.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of status

Noun

While miniature portraits had grown in popularity before the advent of photography, Shushan estimates that only a dozen or so renowned artists were making eye portraits, including the painters George Engleheart and Richard Cosway.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
That’s because computer science, then seen as a golden ticket to a high-paying job, was exploding in popularity.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of popularity

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