tangible

Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.

Adjective

  1. Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.

    Synonyms: palpable tactile tangible touchable

  2. Perceptible; able to be perceived.
    • While the SCP universe is, of course, filled with things that we would certainly not consider "real", most of the SCPs are tangible or perceivable in some way. - 2019 January 7, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: Pattern...

    Synonyms: conspicuous detectable discernable noticeable observable perceivable perceptible sensable sensible

  3. Able to be treated as fact; real or concrete.
    • And for Rodgers, who cleaned up with Celtic in Scotland, this was another significant addition to his CV, as his expert guidance of Leicester - who are in a strong position to finish in the Premier League's top four and...
    • Leaders say they have struggled with the latest generation's tangible challenges, including being late to work and meetings often, not wearing office-appropriate clothing, and [not] using language appropriate for the...

    Synonyms: actual bodily choical corporeal concrete hylic hylical material meaty physical real substantive tangible

  4. Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.

    Synonyms: apprehensible clear limpid comprehensible explainable explicable explicatable fathomable graspable illuminable intelligible lucid pellucid perspicuous straightforward tangible understandable

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French tangible, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangere (“to touch”)

Forms

more tangible most tangible

Antonyms

intangible

Derived

nontangible tangible asset tangibleness tangibly untangible

Noun

  1. A physical object; something that can be touched.
  2. Real or concrete results.
    • Yes, but what are the tangibles?

Forms

tangibles

Related

real palpable touch