invisible
If you are invisible, you can't be seen with the naked eye, but you can do an awful lot of spying. When you do something embarrassing, you often wish you were invisible.
Germs are invisible, as are odors. A good question to ask someone is whether they would rather be able to fly or be invisible. Flight gives you freedom to travel, but if you are invisible, you have the ability to sneak around and see things you would not normally be able to see. Which would you prefer?
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impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye“the invisible man”“invisible rays”“an invisible hinge”“invisible mending”synonyms: unseeablecovertsecret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowedcamouflagedmade invisible by means of protective coloringinfraredhaving or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red endlightlessgiving no lightnonvisualnot resulting in visionocculthidden and difficult to seeultraviolethaving or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays; lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet endundetectablenot easily seenunseeynnot seen or perceivedantonyms:visiblecapable of being seen; or open to easy viewperceptiblecapable of being perceived by the mind or sensescircumpolar(of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travelin sightat or within a reasonable distance for seeingsubgrosstoo small to be visible to the naked eyetelescopicvisible only with a telescopeviewablecapable of being viewed
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not prominent or readily noticeable
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