seeable

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/ˈsi.əbl̩/

adjective

Able to be seen; visible.

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visiblecircumpolarin sightin viewocularvisualmacroscopicmacroscopical
OriginEnglish see ← Middle English seen ← Old English sēon →
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Meanings

adjectiveseeable (comparative more seeable, superlative most seeable)

comparative more seeable · superlative most seeable

  1. Able to be seen; visible.

    The relative scarcity of experimental work in relation to the box-office leviathans is of course only one of the reasons they're less seen and less seeable[…].

    1988 January 8, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “10 From '87”, in Chicago Reader
nounseeable (plural seeables)

plural seeables

  1. rareThat which is to be seen.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecapable of being seen; or open to easy view

Similar
visiblecircumpolarin sightin viewocularvisualmacroscopicmacroscopical
Also see
circumpolargrossin sightin viewmacroscopicmacroscopicalmegascopicmicroscopicmicroscopicalocularpanopticpanopticaltelescopicviewablevisiblevisual

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*sehwaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*sehwan
  4. Old Englishsēon
  5. Middle Englishseen
  6. Englishsee
  7. Englishseeable

From see + -able.

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Cite this entry
APA

seeable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seeable

MLA

“seeable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seeable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seeable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seeable.

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