audible

Examples

• All

• The fans are certainly audible, but not distracting at all.

  Linus Tech Tips

• I entered the third grade and do not remember speaking one audible word in class that year.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I feel like it's important that sound is very, very audible and clean.

  PatrickStarrr

• For the first time in a year and a half, Mary used an audible voice in class.

  Academic text (2013)

• Finally, Wendy spoke in a barely audible whisper: "Are you sure you heard a door?"

  Fiction book (1991)

• Frank, watching Rachel, hears the barely audible clicking start from the tiny receiver on his belt.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Again the yip came, barely audible over the howling of the wind.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The high-pitched buzzes emitted by these workers are audible a few yards away.

  Academic text (1990)

• Deep sighs and muffled bursts of awkward laughter are audible as the teachers read.

  Academic text (1998)

• The faint twittering of birds could be heard, and the barely audible rustle of a playful breeze.

  Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

P

perceptible

vsaudible

8 5.4

Able to be seen, heard, or noticed

is specific to being heard rather than sensed visually or mentally

H

hearable

vsaudible

1 4.8

Can be heard

is louder, specifying enough volume to be perceived by the ear

A

auditable

vsaudible

• Archaic

4.8

Able to be heard, for example a voice or sound

is louder, referring to volume high enough to be noticed by the ear

P

pronounced

vsaudible

4.1

Very easy to notice because it is strong

is noticeable due to sufficient loudness rather than strong emphasis

Antonyms

I

inaudible

274 5.6

So quiet that you cannot hear it

Idioms

C

to call an audible

• Informal

4 7.9

Change plans quickly at the last minute when something goes wrong

How Loud

deafening

9 3.5

loud

733 1.0

audible

43 3.5

faint

148 2.7

inaudible

274 5.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology