invisible

[ in-viz-uh-buhl ]

/ ɪnˈvɪz ə bəl /

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adjective

not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.

withdrawn from or out of sight; hidden: an invisible seam.

not perceptible or discernible by the mind: invisible differences.

not ordinarily found in financial statements or reflected in statistics or a listing: Goodwill is an invisible asset to a business.

concealed from public knowledge.

noun

an invisible thing or being.

the invisible, the unseen or spiritual world.

Words nearby invisible

invincible armada, inviolable, inviolate, inviscation, inviscid, invisible, invisible balance, invisible glass, invisible hand, invisible ink, invisible man

Origin of invisible

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word invīsibilis. See in-³, visible

SYNONYMS FOR invisible

2 veiled, obscure.

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OTHER WORDS FROM invisible

in·vis·i·bil·i·ty, in·vis·i·ble·ness, nounin·vis·i·bly, adverbqua·si-in·vis·i·ble, adjectivequa·si-in·vis·i·bly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for invisible

Return fraud has been called the invisible heist—or “de-shopping.”
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No matter what Hitchcock said, what he did was to photograph our fears and make palpable the invisible.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Other panelists rallied to the cause of “the invisible woman”—the second and generally anonymous egg donor.
Want Blue Eyes With That Baby?: The Strange New World of Human Reproduction|Eleanor Clift|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was a magician, an invisible teller of tales with the power to make my sides ache without telling a single joke.
When Your Comic Hero Is an Alleged Rapist|Doug McIntyre|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Archaeology is about paying attention to things that have been or could be indetectable or invisible to others.
The Real-Life Raiders of the Lost Ark|Alex Belth|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He forms all kinds of crude and fantastic theories about these invisible forces.
The Church and Modern Life|Washington Gladden
The touchings in this experiment seem to proceed from an invisible entity and are rather disagreeable.
Mysterious Psychic Forces|Camille Flammarion
And as each echo came back to his dulled ears it was as though some invisible being mocked him.
The Hound From The North|Ridgwell Cullum
My eyes, always uneasy, would be for ever reading an invisible condemnation.
Honorine|Honore de Balzac
It was a gruesome picture, for, even when he was invisible, it seemed to Fred he could see the gleam of those eyes fixed upon him.
Two Boys in Wyoming|Edward S. Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for invisible

invisible

/ (ɪnˈvɪzəbəl) /

adjective

not visible; not able to be perceived by the eyeinvisible rays

concealed from sight; hidden

not easily seen or noticedinvisible mending

kept hidden from public view; secret; clandestine

economics of or relating to services rather than goods in relation to the invisible balanceinvisible earnings

noun

economics an invisible item of trade; service

Derived forms of invisible

invisibility or invisibleness, nouninvisibly, adverb

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invisible

adjective

noun

Words related to invisible

Words nearby invisible

Origin of invisible

SYNONYMS FOR invisible

OTHER WORDS FROM invisible

Examples from the Web for invisible

British Dictionary definitions for invisible

adjective

noun

Derived forms of invisible