What does accessible mean?
Word: Accessible
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Accessible means easy to reach, enter, use or understand.
Synonyms: reachable, available, approachable, understandable
Antonyms: inaccessible
How do you spell accessible?
Syllables: ac - ces - si - ble
Tricky part: The ending is ible, not able, as in possible and visible.
Watch out for: accessable, accesible, accessibel
Memory tip: Accessible ends like possible and visible, words that also mean 'can be': can be reached.
Accessible in a sentence
Example 1: The new metro station is accessible by lift and ramp.
Example 2: Our librarian keeps picture books on low shelves so they are accessible to the little ones.
Example 3: The teacher made the hard chapter accessible with simple diagrams.
Fun Fact
The wheelchair symbol used around the world to mark accessible places was designed in 1968 by a Danish design student, Susanne Koefoed.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
sbelcicase
a) assemble
b) accessible
c) admissible
d) accessory
Show answer
b) accessible. Accessory has an o, an r and a y, admissible a d and an m, and assemble has no c at all.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
accessible
a) convenient
b) welcoming
c) nearby
d) unreachable
Show answer
d) unreachable. Something accessible can be reached, so unreachable is its opposite.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The hill fort is acessible only by a narrow path, so the guide asked everyone to walk in a line.
a) everyone
b) guide
c) acessible
d) narrow
Show answer
c) acessible. Accessible keeps the double c of access.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which change would make a website more accessible to people who cannot see well?
a) letting users make the text larger
b) adding more flashing banners
c) packing more words on each page
d) using very pale grey text
Show answer
a) letting users make the text larger
2. Which place could a person using a wheelchair get into easily?
a) a lighthouse at the top of steep steps
b) a treehouse with a rope ladder
c) a building with a ramp and a lift
d) a fort on a narrow cliff path
Show answer
c) a building with a ramp and a lift
