palpable

Adjective
  1. Capable of being perceived;
    Especially capable of being handled or touched or felt (synset 301721570)
    "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"; "a palpable lie"
    also: perceptible - capable of being perceived by the mind or senses
    same as: tangible
  2. (medicine) can be felt by palpation (synset 301752186)
    "a palpable tumor"
    referred to in: medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
    similar to: perceptible - capable of being perceived by the mind or senses
  3. Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment (synset 301622528)
    "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"; "a palpable lie"
    similar to: obvious - easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
    same as: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable
  4. So intense as to be almost touched or felt (synset 301516397)
    "there was a palpable sense of joy in the air"
    similar to: intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

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