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palpable
adjective
1 palpable
Capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt:
— A barely palpable dust.
— Felt sudden anger in a palpable wave.
— The air was warm and close--palpable as cotton.
— A palpable lie.
synonym: tangible.
Roget 316:
material,
bodily;
corporeal,
corporal;
physical;
somatic,
somatoscopic†;
sensible,
tangible,
ponderable,
palpable,
substantial.
objective,
impersonal,
nonsubjective†,
neuter,
unspiritual,
materialistic.
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Roget 379:
tactual,
tactile;
tangible,
palpable;
lambent.
2 palpable
medicine Can be felt by palpation.
3 palpable
Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment:
— A palpable lie.
synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable.
Roget 525:
manifest,
apparent;
salient,
striking,
demonstrative,
prominent,
in the foreground,
notable,
pronounced.
flagrant;
notorious
etc.
(public)
531;
arrant;
stark staring;
unshaded,
glaring.
defined,
definite.
distinct,
conspicuous
etc.
(visible)
446;
obvious,
evident,
unmistakable,
indubitable,
not to be mistaken,
palpable,
self-evident,
autoptical†;
intelligible
etc.
518.
plain,
clear,
clear as day,
clear as daylight,
clear as noonday;
plain as a pike staff,
plain as the sun at noon-day,
plain as the nose on one's face,
plain as the way to parish church.
explicit,
overt,
patent,
express;
ostensible;
open,
open as day;
naked,
bare,
literal,
downright,
undisguised,
exoteric.
unreserved,
frank,
plain-spoken
etc.
(artless)
703;
candid
(veracious)
543;
barefaced.
manifested
etc.
v.;
disclosed
etc.
529;
capable of being shown,
producible;
inconcealable†,
unconcealable;
no secret.
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Roget 446:
visible,
perceptible,
perceivable,
discernible,
apparent;
in view,
in full view,
in sight;
exposed to view,
en vidence;
unclouded,
unobscured†,
in the foreground.
obvious
etc.
(manifest)
525;
plain,
clear,
distinct,
definite;
well defined,
well marked;
in focus;
recognizable,
palpable,
autoptical†;
glaring,
staring,
conspicuous;
stereoscopic;
in bold,
in strong relief.
periscopic†,
panoramic.
before one's eyes,
under one's eyes;
before one,
+a vue d'oeil [Fr.],
in one's eye,
oculis subjecta fidelibus [Lat.].
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Polish: ewidentny
4 palpable
So intense as to be almost touched or felt.
Moby thesaurus: apparent, appreciable, arresting, believable, certain, clear, clear as crystal, colorable, concrete, credible, crystal-clear, detectable, discernible, distinct, evident, explicit, express, indisputable, indubitable, manifest, material, noticeable, observable, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensible, patent, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, plain as day, plausible, ponderable, positive, real, remarkable, seeable, seeming, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory, sensible, solid, straightforward, striking, substantial, substantive, sure, tactile, tangible, to be seen, touchable, unequivocal, unmistakable, visible, weighable ... show more.
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