Meanings
plural accessibilities
- uncountableusuallyThe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptiveness.
He says the company's FLIRT design, in particular its retractable steps, provides greater accessibility, while the technology is highly innovative and reliable.
2021 May 19, David Clough, “Swiss precision meets UK growth”, in RAIL, number 931, page 57Antonyms: inaccessibility
- uncountableusuallycomputingFeatures that increase software usability for users with certain impairments.
The purpose of this study is to measure West Virginia University's website accessibility for students and users who are blind or visually impaired and compare that measurement to the measurement of other websites of […]
2007, Accessibility of WVU Websites for Individuals with Vision Impairments, ProQuest, →ISBN, page 4Synonyms: a11y
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptiveness.
nounFeatures that increase software usability for users with certain impairments.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of being at hand when needed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Italic*kezdō
- Latincēdō
- Latinaccēdō
- Latinaccessus
- Late Latinaccessibilis
- Englishaccessible
- Englishaccessibility
From accessible + -ity, after Late Latin accessibilitas, from Latin accessibilis.
More words from Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian достъпност, достижимост
- достъпност (dostăpnost)the quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- достижимост (dostižimost)the quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
Catalan accessibilitat
- accessibilitatthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
Chinese Mandarin 無障礙 /无障碍
- 無障礙 /无障碍 (wú zhàng'ài)feature that increases software usability
Czech přístupnost, dostupnost
- přístupnostthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- dostupnostthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- přístupnostfeature that increases software usability
Danish tilgængelighed, adgangsforhold
- tilgængelighedthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- adgangsforholdthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
Dutch toegankelijkheid
- toegankelijkheidthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
Esperanto alirebleco
- alireblecothe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
Finnish esteettömyys, saavutettavuus
- esteettömyysthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- saavutettavuusthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- julkisuusthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- saavutettavuusfeature that increases software usability
- helppokäyttöisyysfeature that increases software usability
French accessibilité
- accessibilitéthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
German Zugänglichkeit, Barrierefreiheit
- Zugänglichkeitthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- Barrierefreiheitthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- Erreichbarkeitthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- Barrierefreiheitfeature that increases software usability
Hebrew נְגִישׁוּת, הַנְגָּשָׁה
- נְגִישׁוּת (n'gishút)the quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- הַנְגָּשָׁה (hangashá)the quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
Hindi सुगमता, सुगमता
- सुगमता (sugamtā)the quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- सुगमता (sugamtā)feature that increases software usability
Hungarian hozzáférhetőség
- hozzáférhetőségthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
Icelandic aðgengileiki, aðgengismál
- aðgengileikithe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- aðgengismálthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- aðgengileikifeature that increases software usability
Italian accessibilità
- accessibilitàthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
Norwegian Bokmål tilgjengelighet
- tilgjengelighetthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
Polish dostępność
- dostępnośćthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
Portuguese acessibilidade, acessibilidade
- acessibilidadethe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- acessibilidadefeature that increases software usability
Russian доступность, специальные возможности
- доступность (dostupnostʹ)the quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- специальные возможности (specialʹnyje vozmožnosti)feature that increases software usability
Spanish accesibilidad
- accesibilidadthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
Swahili ufikiaji, ufikiaji
- ufikiajithe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- ufikiajifeature that increases software usability
Swedish tillgänglighet, åtkomlighet
- tillgänglighetthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- åtkomlighetthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
Turkish ulaşılabilirlik, erişebilirlik
- ulaşılabilirlikthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- erişebilirlikfeature that increases software usability
Vietnamese (tính) tiếp cận, khả năng tiếp cận
- (tính) tiếp cậnthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- khả năng tiếp cậnthe quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
- trợ năngfeature that increases software usability
Cite this entry
accessibility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessibility
“accessibility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessibility. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accessibility,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessibility.
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