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viewable

viewable

2 3.4
Able to be seen on a screen or in a place
  • adjective
  • /ˈvjuːəbl/
translation icon : visible
  • In accordance with U.S. Code Title 17, Section 107, material on this site is viewable for educational and intellectual purposes.

It is more viewable, viewable sky than in any car that's not a convertible.

Examples

  • This video has subtitles that are viewable in several different languages.

  • Your email is not viewable to the general public.

    Blog text (23)

  • Much of Britton's work is viewable to the public.

    Blog text (22)

  • Initially, augmented reality is only viewable on the tablet or smartphone where it was created.

    Academic text (2014)

  • The IRS only allows you to deduct donations to a set list of organizations, viewable here.

    Blog text (6)

  • But you can't selectively choose which photos are public, private, or viewable to friends only, and this applies to the web version as well.

    Blog text (12)

  • Italy: The ruins of Pompeii (now viewable and navigable on Google Street View, by the way) are home to around 50 raggedy stray dogs that live off the kindness of visitors.

    Academic text (2010)

  • For a complete map of the pagoda's composition from sacred characters, refer to the associated digital project that animates the sequential construction, viewable on Taylor & Francis's website for the Art Bulletin.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The artwork is only viewable during gallery hours, so be sure to visit when it's open.

  • All the documents related to the project are viewable in the shared folder online.

Synonyms

visible
vsviewable
398 1.0

Easy to see or notice

is less about obviousness and more about simple ability to be noticed
discernible
vsviewable
29 5.5

Something that is easy to see or notice

is only about being noticed and not about being identified
observable
vsviewable
20 4.3

Able to be seen or noticed

is narrower focusing on simple capacity to be noticed by sight
perceptible
vsviewable
8 5.4

Able to be seen, heard, or noticed

is limited to sight rather than broad sensory detection
perceivable
vsviewable
1 4.9

Noticeable to a person, like a change or a sound

is confined to visual capability rather than being heard or understood
seeable
vsviewable
1 3.7

Something you can notice with your eyes

is identical in meaning but differs only in word form
discernable
vsviewable
1 5.1

Easy to notice or understand

is only about being noticed and not about telling things apart
displayable
vsviewable
  • Specialized
3.8

Can be shown on a screen or display

is about natural ability to be noticed, not suitability for presentation

Antonyms

invisible
218 3.7

Not able to be seen with the naked eye

hidden
125 1.1

A thing that is not easily seen or found

How Visible

obvious
∞ 1.0
visible
398 1.0
viewable
2 3.4
faint
148 2.7
invisible
218 3.7

Surface Forms

viewable positive

Morphology

viewable = view (transparent) = view + able

Standard adjectival formation from the verb 'view' using the productive suffix '-able', yielding the meaning 'able to be seen'.

Etymology

The word viewable comes from the simple word view meaning 'to see' and the ending -able meaning 'can be'. So viewable is something that 'can be seen' or can be looked at.