tangible

1. 1.

   perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch

   “skin with a tangible roughness”

   Synonymstouchable

   Antonymsintangible

   Similartactile
2. 2.

   capable of being treated as fact

   “tangible evidence”

   “his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor”

   Synonymsreal

   Similarconcrete
3. 3.

   (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value

   “tangible property like real estate”

   “tangible assets such as machinery”

   Antonymsintangible

   Similarrealrealizable

   commercial enterprise

4. 4.

   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”

   Synonymspalpable

Questions about tangible

What does tangible mean?

tangible means "perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tangible?

tangible has 3 syllables: tan-gi-ble. The stress falls on "tan". In IPA it is /ˈtændʒəbəl/.

What is another word for tangible?

Close synonyms include touchable, real, palpable. 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.

What is the opposite of tangible?

The recorded antonyms are intangible, intangible.

Is tangible a common word?

tangible is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tangible?

1 word rhymes with tangible. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.