audible
Other forms: audibles
Something audible can be heard. Sometimes things that people don't want others to hear become audible, such as a growling stomach during a quiet moment at the movies.
Coming from the Latin audīre, "to hear," audible is an adjective meaning "heard" or "hearable." A scream is audible, a barking dog next door is audible, and a siren is audible. Why do some writers use the expression "a barely audible whisper?" Isn’t that what a whisper is — something you can barely hear?
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heard or perceptible by the ear“he spoke in an audible whisper”
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synonyms:
hearable
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clunky
making a clunking sound
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sonic
relating to audible sound
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sounding
making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form
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loud
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
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perceptible
capable of being perceived by the mind or senses
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Antonyms:
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inaudible, unhearable
impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
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breathed, voiceless
uttered without voice
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infrasonic
having frequencies below those of audible sound
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silent
having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility
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silent, unsounded
not made to sound
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supersonic, ultrasonic
of or involving frequencies above those of audible sound
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unheard
not necessarily inaudible but not heard
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imperceptible, unperceivable
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
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quiet
free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound
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clunky
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a football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage
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type of:
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football play
(American football) a play by the offensive team
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football play
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