VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / discernible

Thesaurus: discernible

Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

Definitions

  1. a. Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding.
  2. adj. perceptible by the senses or intellect
  3. adj. capable of being perceived clearly
  4. adj. capable of being seen or noticed
  5. Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding. The effect of the privations and sufferings . . . was discernible to the last in his temper and deportment. Macaulay. Syn. -- Perceptible; distinguishable; apparent; visible; evident; manifest.
  6. Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as,a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideasis discernible by the understanding.The effect of the privations and sufferings . . . was discernible tothe last in his temper and deportment. Macaulay.
  7. j:100 a. perceptible by the senses or intellect s. capable of being perceived clearly s. capable of being seen or noticed