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Pal´pa`ble
a.1.Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form.
Darkness must overshadow all his bounds,
Palpable darkness.
- Milton.
2.Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors.
[Lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable.
- Shak.
A hit, A very palpable hit.
- Shak. (Hamlet
Adj.1.palpable - capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"
Synonyms: tangible
Antonyms:
impalpable - imperceptible to the senses or the mind; "an impalpable cloud"; "impalpable shadows"; "impalpable distinctions"; "as impalpable as a dream"
2.palpable - can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor"
apparent, appreciable, arresting, believable, certain, clear, clear as crystal, colorable, concrete, credible, crystal-clear, detectable, discernible, distinct, evident, explicit, express, indisputable, indubitable, manifest, material, noticeable, observable, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensible, patent, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, plain as day, plausible, ponderable, positive, real, remarkable, seeable, seeming, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory, sensible, solid, straightforward, striking, substantial, substantive, sure, tactile, tangible, to be seen, touchable, unequivocal, unmistakable, visible, weighable

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