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audible

/ˈɔ.dɪ.bəl/noun, adjective3 syllables

Audible means: heard or perceptible by the ear.

Synonyms for audible6

adjective, as in heard or perceptible by the ear

hearable, clunky, sonic, sounding, loud, perceptible

Opposites of audible

inaudible

What does audible mean?2

adjective

1

heard or perceptible by the ear“he spoke in an audible whisper”

noun

1

a football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Audible in a sentence

  • Airplanes are audible long before they are visible.unknown
  • The discs are audible but the sound quality is terrible.erikspen
  • Sami failed to give police an audible address.OsoHombre
  • The announcer's voice is barely audible amid the roar from the stands.AlanF_US
  • Their groans have been audible from dawn to dusk for days.DJ_Saidez
  • The music is audible from a distance.Monde
  • He let out an audible sigh.ddnktr
  • Ziri formed a barely audible sentence.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of audible

as a noun

plural
audibles