What does visible mean?
Word: Visible
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Visible means able to be seen.
Synonyms: noticeable, clear, obvious
Antonyms: invisible
How do you spell visible?
Syllables: vis - i - ble
Tricky part: Visable is the most common mistake: the ending is ible, not able.
Watch out for: visable, visibel, visibal
Memory tip: Visible is about seeing, and you can see two i's in it, but never an a.
Visible in a sentence
Example 1: The Taj Mahal is visible from the walls of Agra Fort.
Example 2: Wear something bright so that you are visible to drivers at night.
Example 3: The scratch on the phone screen is barely visible.
Fun Fact
The light our eyes can see is called visible light. It is only a narrow band of the light the sun gives out: our eyes cannot see ultraviolet or infrared rays at all.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
bisleiv
a) invisible
b) visibly
c) visible
d) divisible
Show answer
c) visible. Invisible and divisible are longer than seven letters, and visibly ends in y, not e.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
visible
a) bright
b) hidden
c) distant
d) famous
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b) hidden. Something hidden cannot be seen, the opposite of visible.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The lighthouse beam was vissible from the far end of the beach.
a) beach
b) lighthouse
c) vissible
d) beam
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c) vissible. Visible has a single s, as vision and visit do.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) noticable
b) obveous
c) visible
d) clearley
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c) visible. Noticeable keeps the e of notice, obvious has iou, and clearly has no e before the y.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is visible without a microscope?
a) a germ on your hand
b) one cell of your skin
c) a single water molecule
d) a grain of rice
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d) a grain of rice
2. 'The mountain top was not visible because of the clouds.' What was the problem?
a) it had no trees on it
b) nobody could see it
c) it was covered in snow
d) it was too far to climb
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b) nobody could see it
