accessible

Easy of access or approach.

Adjective

  1. 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

  2. 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...
  3. Easy to get along with.

    Synonyms: easy-going friendly welcoming

  4. Open to the influence of.
    • Minds accessible to reason. - 1890, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of Herodotus:
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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.

Forms

more accessible most accessible

Antonyms

inaccessible

Derived

accessibility accessibleness accessible tourism accessibly bioaccessible handicapped-accessible immunoaccessible nonaccessible unaccessible wheelchair accessible