discernable

1. 1.

   perceptible by the senses or intellect

   “things happen in the earth and sky with no discernible cause”

   “the newspaper reports no discernible progress in the negotiations”

   “the skyline is easily discernible even at a distance of several miles”

   Synonymsdiscernible

Questions about discernable

What does discernable mean?

discernable means "perceptible by the senses or intellect".

How many syllables are in discernable?

discernable has 4 syllables: di-scer-na-ble. The stress falls on "scer".

What is another word for discernable?

Close synonyms include discernible. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is discernable a common word?

discernable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.