perceivable

adjective

Definition of perceivablenext
as in obvious

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perceivable
  1. obvious
  2. perceptible
  3. evident
  4. discernible
  5. manifest
  6. noticeable
  7. conspicuous
  8. overt
Adjective
  • But what was once hard to fathom is now an obvious reality.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
  • In a race supposedly too close to call, the surprise wasn't that Trump won, which was always an obvious possibility, but how quickly the results took shape — this was supposed to take days, remember.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of obvious
Adjective
  • And the songs followed this logic, molting bit by bit, year over year, the changes barely perceptible in the moment, until a full evolution had occurred.
    Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
  • But during ninety remarkably fast-talking minutes in New York—verbally, both candidates are speed demons—the Ohio senator J. D. Vance moved the narrative of the race in a small but perceptible way toward the Republican side.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of perceptible
Adjective
  • Most were evident when Newsom was elected governor in 2018, promising vigorous efforts to neutralize them, such as his ridiculous pledge to build 3.5 million units of housing, but most have become even more intractable during his reign.
    Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
  • That much was evident Saturday when the 49ers, as expected, took running back Christian McCaffrey off the injured reserve list and placed him on the 53-man roster.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of evident
Adjective
  • There’s no discernible change on Rip’s part, no concrete effort to preserve an old way of living or build a new one.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Not ‘falling off a cliff’ The BLS also noted that there was no discernible effect in its household survey, which generates the unemployment rate.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of discernible
Adjective
  • This need for checks and balances is also manifest in the manner prescribed for choosing the president.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • This mirrors how Bohm conceptualized reality: both the implicate order (the underlying unseen reality) and the explicate order (the manifest physical world) constantly influence each other.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of manifest
Adjective
  • Related Articles There are some minor and barely noticeable physical improvements over previous models, such as a slightly less prominent camera bump in the back.
    Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Other experiments are less noticeable but nonetheless consequential: by increasing early voting, for example, states have observed changes in who participates in elections, including those previously left out of the process.
    Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of noticeable
Adjective
  • The movie’s true set pieces are the professorial villain’s ostentatious monologues using fast food, musical plagiarism, and Monopoly as metaphors to point out how modern religions are just conspicuous iterations of what’s come before.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The most conspicuous objects on the seabed were porcelain and thousands of rattan canes, intended for use as walking sticks or in furniture-making.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of conspicuous
Adjective
  • That implies that just as federalism guards against the tyranny made possible through overt centralization, federalism also has counterweights to prevent individual state governments from wrecking the whole.
    Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The homage wasn’t nearly as overt with Agatha, though the premiere opened with an extended riff on gritty dramas like Mare of Eastown, before Agatha was freed from the spell Wanda placed her under.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of overt
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