accessible
Easy of access or approach.
Adjective
- Easy of access or approach.
- an accessible town or mountain
- At first sight it would seem that the deep interior of the sun and stars is less accessible to scientific investigation than any other region of the universe. - 1926, A[rthur] [S]tanley Eddington, “Survey of the...
Synonyms: approachable
- Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.
- an accessible website
- accessible public transport
- As well as the boom in off-peak leisure numbers, "there has been a big spike in passenger assistance - that's really taken off as well", he continues. "We're probably victims of our own success because we promote this...
- Easy to get along with.
Synonyms: easy-going friendly welcoming
- Open to the influence of.
- Minds accessible to reason. - 1890, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of Herodotus:
- Obtainable; to be got at.
- The materials, however, which are at present accessible, are sufficient for the construction of a narrative not to be read without shame and loathing. - 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from...
- Easily understood or appreciated.
- But something new was rippling through a million MySpace profiles. The sound was electro, and bass-laced synthetic dance pop would soon start streaming in from producers in Paris, dizzying the twenteens of Britain with...
- Capable of being used or seen.
Origin
First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”), equivalent to access + -ible.
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accessibility accessibleness accessible tourism accessibly bioaccessible handicapped-accessible immunoaccessible nonaccessible unaccessible wheelchair accessible