Meanings
plural visibilities
- uncountableThe condition of being visible.
- countableobsoleterareuncountableSomething worthy of being seen; a sight.
‘Sir, I have seen all the visibilities of Paris, and around it; but to have formed an acquaintance with the people there, would have required more time than I could stay.’
1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 658
Synonyms & antonyms
nounquality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinvisibilitas
- Middle Frenchvisibilité
- Englishvisibility
From Middle French visibilité, from Late Latin visibilitas; equivalent to visible + -ity.
More words from Middle French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رُؤْيَة
- رُؤْيَة (ruʔya)degree to which things may be seen
Bulgarian ви́димост
- ви́димост (vídimost)degree to which things may be seen
Catalan visibilitat
- visibilitatdegree to which things may be seen
Chinese Mandarin 能見度 /能见度, 可見度 /可见度
- 能見度 /能见度 (néngjiàndù)degree to which things may be seen
- 可見度 /可见度 (kějiàndù)degree to which things may be seen
Czech viditelnost
- viditelnostdegree to which things may be seen
Danish synlighed
- synligheddegree to which things may be seen
Dutch zichtbaarheid
- zichtbaarheiddegree to which things may be seen
Esperanto videbleco
- videblecodegree to which things may be seen
Estonian nähtavus
- nähtavusdegree to which things may be seen
Finnish näkyvyys
- näkyvyysdegree to which things may be seen
French visibilité
- visibilitédegree to which things may be seen
German Sicht, Sichtbarkeit
- Sichtdegree to which things may be seen
- Sichtbarkeitdegree to which things may be seen
- Sichtverhältnissedegree to which things may be seen
- Sichtweitedegree to which things may be seen
Greek ορατότητα
- ορατότητα (oratótita)degree to which things may be seen
Hungarian láthatóság
- láthatóságdegree to which things may be seen
Irish infheictheacht, léargas
- infheictheachtdegree to which things may be seen
- léargasdegree to which things may be seen
- feiceáildegree to which things may be seen
Italian visibilità
- visibilitàdegree to which things may be seen
Japanese 可視, 顕在
- 可視 (kashi)degree to which things may be seen
- 顕在 (kenzai)degree to which things may be seen
Korean 시정
- 시정 (sijeong)degree to which things may be seen
Latin visibilitas
- visibilitasdegree to which things may be seen
Latvian redzamība
- redzamībadegree to which things may be seen
Polish widoczność
- widocznośćdegree to which things may be seen
Portuguese visibilidade
- visibilidadedegree to which things may be seen
Romanian vizibilitate
- vizibilitatedegree to which things may be seen
Russian ви́димость
- ви́димость (vídimostʹ)degree to which things may be seen
Slovak viditeľnosť
- viditeľnosťdegree to which things may be seen
Spanish visibilidad
- visibilidaddegree to which things may be seen
Swedish synlighet
- synlighetdegree to which things may be seen
Turkish görülebilirlik
- görülebilirlikdegree to which things may be seen
Ukrainian ви́димість
- ви́димість (výdymistʹ)degree to which things may be seen
Welsh gwelededd
- gwelededddegree to which things may be seen
Cite this entry
visibility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/visibility
“visibility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/visibility. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “visibility,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/visibility.
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