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visibility

Use the noun visibility to describe how well you can see something, like the great visibility from the top of a mountain on a clear day.

In addition to meaning "how well you can see," visibility can also mean "how well others can see something." So, the reflective stripes on your running pants give you visibility in the dark because they help other people see you. Another kind of visibility is being in the public eye, like an actor whose visibility helps him land roles in movies and promote the causes he cares about, like literacy or helping endangered animals.

DEFINITIONS OF: visibility

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n quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye

“low visibility caused by fog”
Synonyms:
visibleness
Antonyms:
invisibility, invisibleness
the quality of not being perceivable by the eye
Types:
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conspicuousness
high visibility
visual range
distance at which a given standard object can be seen with the unaided eye
noticeability, noticeableness, obviousness, patency
the property of being easy to see and understand
obtrusiveness
an unwelcome conspicuousness
boldness, strikingness
the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly
Type of:
perceptibility
the property of being perceptible by the mind or the senses

n capability of providing a clear unobstructed view

“a windshield with good visibility
Type of:
clarity, clearness, uncloudedness
the quality of clear water

n degree of exposure to public notice

“that candidate does not have sufficient visibility to win an election”
Synonyms:
profile
Types:
low profile
a state of low visibility in which public notice is avoided
Type of:
salience, saliency, strikingness
the state of being salient
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