noticeable

[ noh-ti-suh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.

  2. worthy or deserving of notice or attention; noteworthy: a book that is noticeable for its vivid historical background.

Origin of noticeable

1
First recorded in 1790–1800; notice + -able

Other words for noticeable

Opposites for noticeable

Other words from noticeable

  • no·tice·a·bil·i·ty, noun
  • no·tice·a·bly, adverb
  • un·no·tice·a·ble, adjective
  • un·no·tice·a·ble·ness, noun
  • un·no·tice·a·bly, adverb

Words that may be confused with noticeable

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How to use noticeable in a sentence

  • Anybody who does this even mildly and unnoticeably means harm to the person he is talking about.

    Criminal Psychology | Hans Gross
  • Within the next fifteen minutes or so some other members of the family seemed to ooze in, unnoticeably.

    Cheerful--By Request | Edna Ferber
  • The station was a well weathered box that blended into the mountain side unnoticeably, and did not spoil the view.

    The City of Fire | Grace Livingston Hill
  • He was human, intimate and eager, yet concentrated and impelling: he was quietly, unnoticeably drunk.

  • They made a shadow for the rest, lying along the benches, shifting unnoticeably.

    Hilda | Sarah Jeanette Duncan

British Dictionary definitions for noticeable

noticeable

/ (ˈnəʊtɪsəbəl) /


adjective
  1. easily seen or detected; perceptible: the stain wasn't noticeable

Derived forms of noticeable

  • noticeability, noun
  • noticeably, adverb

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