accessible

American  

[ak-ses-uh-buhl, ik-] / ækˈsɛs ə bəl, ɪk- /

adjective

1. easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.

2. able to be used, entered, reached, etc..

   an accessible road; accessible Mayan ruins.

3. suitable for disabled people to reach, enter, or use, as a result of design modifications: modified controllers to make video games accessible.

   wheelchair-accessible vans;

   modified controllers to make video games accessible.

4. readily understandable.

   Students may believe that poetry is not accessible because of its metaphorical language.

5. obtainable; attainable.

   accessible evidence.

6. open to the influence of (usually followed byto ).

   accessible to bribery.

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accessible British  

/ əkˈsɛsəbəl /

adjective

1. easy to approach, enter, use, or understand

2. likely to be affected by; open to; susceptible to

3. obtainable; available

4. easy for disabled people to enter or use

5. logic (of a possible world) surveyable from some other world so that the truth value of statements about it can be known. A statement possibly p is true in a world W if and only if p is true in some worlds accessible to W

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Other Word Forms

• accessibility noun
• accessibly adverb
• nonaccessible adjective
• preaccessible adjective
• unaccessible adjective
• unaccessibly adverb

Etymology

Origin of accessible

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, Middle French, from Late Latin accessibilis; access, -ible

Example Sentences

Folan made yoga accessible and welcoming, helping it become a centerpiece of the $5.6 trillion wellness economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The 2.8-mile Borrego Palm Canyon Trail offers one of the park’s most accessible routes into the desert’s interior.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

There is no benefit to it - all the data that is accessible to them there is also accessible in the garage.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“There is broader awareness and accessible information available. Gen Z has seen other generations struggling. They are acting on this awareness,” Assaf said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Land went from being accessible to all to being private property where no one could go without permission from the owners.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Related Words

• available
• handy
• reachable
• usable