palpable

UK: /ˈpælpəb^əl/ US: /ˈpælpəbəl/ ,(pal′pə bəl)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

pal•pa•ble /ˈpælpəbəl/   adj. 

1. plainly seen or felt;
   obvious:
   Her disgust was palpable when her former boyfriend walked in.
2. capable of being touched or felt;
   tangible:
   could sense a palpable presence in the spooky, dark hotel room.

pal•pa•bly, adv.: 

a story that was palpably untrue.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

pal•pa•ble  (pal′pə bəl), adj. 

1. readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.;
   obvious;
   evident:
   a palpable lie; palpable absurdity.
2. capable of being touched or felt;
   tangible.
3. Medicine perceptible by palpation.

• Late Latin palpābilis that can be touched, equivalent. to palpā(re) to stroke, touch, palpate¹ + -bilis -ble
• Middle English 1350–1400

pal′pa•bil′i•ty, pal′pa•ble•ness, n. 
pal′pa•bly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 1. manifest, plain.
• 2. material, corporeal.

Antonyms

• 1. obscure.

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palpable / ˈpælpəb^əl/ adjective

1. (usually prenominal) easily perceived by the senses or the mind; obvious: the excuse was a palpable lie
2. capable of being touched; tangible
3. capable of being discerned by the sense of touch

Etymology: 14th Century: from Late Latin palpābilis that may be touched, from Latin palpāre to stroke, touch

ˌpalpaˈbility, ˈpalpableness noun

ˈpalpably adverb