invisible

Examples

• All

• Box jellyfish are practically invisible in the water, so they are all but impossible to avoid.

  Academic text (2011)

• How's it feel to be invisible?

  Deck the Halls (2006)

• Question is, if it's invisible, how can we know it's there?

• I can only become invisible when no one's watching.

  Mystery Men (1999)

• It's some sort of invisible weapon.

  AlieNation (2022)

• So I kind of carried that invisible shield with me for years.

• If he felt any shame, it was certainly invisible to the naked eye.

  Fiction book (1991)

• We bury a wire along the border, forming an invisible fence.

  Coneheads (1993)

• His studies persuaded him that invisible airborne microorganisms caused many diseases.

  Academic text (2015)

• The box jellyfish is nearly invisible in the water, making it difficult for swimmers to see it.

Synonyms

U

unseen

vsinvisible

66 3.2

Hidden so people do not notice it

emphasizes physical invisibility rather than only being overlooked

U

undetectable

vsinvisible

23 6.5

Very hard or impossible to notice

is narrower, stressing inability to be seen by the eye

O

out of sight

vsinvisible

12 3.4

Kept where you cannot see it

is about inherent inability to be seen rather than hiding location

I

imperceptible

vsinvisible

9 7.8

Very small or slight and hard to notice

describes outright inability to be seen rather than subtle presence

I

indiscernible

vsinvisible

4 8.8

Hard to see, hear, or notice

is specific to being visually impossible or nearly impossible to see

U

unnoticeable

vsinvisible

2 4.6

Hard to see or notice

is stronger, implying complete unseen status rather than low noticeability

U

unobservable

vsinvisible

1 8.0

Not able to be seen or noticed when you look

focuses on pure lack of sight rather than observational limits

U

unseeable

vsinvisible

1 8.4

The eye cannot notice it

is the everyday label for the same extreme lack of sightability

U

unobvious

vsinvisible

1 7.8

Hard to notice or understand at first

places the idea specifically on being visually unseeable rather than unclear

N

nonvisible

vsinvisible

5.3

Not able to be seen with the eyes

is the common term for that inability to be seen

V

viewless

vsinvisible

7.6

Not able to be seen

is the simple, common way to state that condition

I

imperceivable

vsinvisible

8.4

Too small to be seen, heard, or noticed

focuses specifically on visual invisibility rather than all senses

U

unperceivable

vsinvisible

9.1

Too small, slow, or quiet for people to notice

limits the idea to visual failure to be seen rather than cognition

U

unapparent

vsinvisible

7.9

Not easily seen, noticed, or understood

stresses pure visual invisibility rather than being hard to understand

I

inapparent

vsinvisible

8.1

Hard to see or notice

is the basic visual term rather than a commentary on detectability

I

incognizable

vsinvisible

• Formal

9.9

Not possible for people to know or understand

is limited to not being seen, not to being unknowable

Antonyms

V

visible

398 1.0

Easy to see or notice

Compounds

C

choir invisible

• Archaic

1 9.9

People who have died thought of as a group

I

invisible balance

• Specialized

7.8

The difference between money a country earns and pays for services and income from abroad

I

invisible lat syndrome

• Jargon

9.5

A posture with arms held wide that makes a person look like they have large back muscles, without visible muscles

How Visible

clear

∞ 1.0

visible

398 1.0

barely visible

7 4.2

invisible

218 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology