audible

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: au=di=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

audible, a. [LL. audibilis, fr. L. audire, auditum, to hear: cf. Gr. ear, L. auris, and E. ear.].

 Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard; as, an audible voice or whisper.  [1913 Webster]

audible, n. 

 That which may be heard.  [1913 Webster]
"Visibles are swiftlier carried to the sense than audibles."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

audible, adj. capable of being heard.

Derivative

audibility n. audibleness n. audibly adv.

Etymology

LL audibilis f. audire hear

THESAURUS

audible

acoustic, articulate, audile, audio, auditory, aural, auricular, clear, contrastive, definite, distinct, distinctive, hearable, hearing, hi-fi, high-fidelity, otic, otological, otopathic, otoscopic, phonic, plain

ROGET THESAURUS

audible

Sound

N sound, noise, strain, accent, twang, intonation, tone, cadence, sonorousness, audibility, resonance, voice, aspirate, ideophone, rough breathing, acoustics, phonics, phonetics, phonology, phonography, diacoustics, diaphonics, phonetism, sounding, soniferous, sonorous, sonorific, resonant, audible, distinct, stertorous, phonetic, phonic, phonocamptic, a thousand trills and quivering sounds, forensis strepitus.