touchable

/'tʌtʃəbl/

Thân thiện

The child finds the soft fabric very touchable.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Able to be touched or felt; perceptible by physical contact: Describes something that can be perceived through the sense of touch, having a physical presence that can be sensed by the hands or skin.
   • Having a tangible quality; concrete: Refers to something that is real, material, or physically existing, as opposed to being abstract or imaginary.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The sculpture's surface was cool and touchable, inviting visitors to interact with it.
  • In the museum, only a few exhibits were touchable; the rest were behind glass.
  • Her grief was almost a touchable presence in the quiet room.

Advanced Usage

• "Tangibly touchable": Used for emphasis to describe something that is very clearly and physically perceptible.
  • The tension in the air was tangibly touchable before the announcement.

Variants and Related Words

• Touch (verb/noun): To make physical contact with; an instance of touching.
• Untouchable (adjective): The opposite; not able or permitted to be touched.
• Tangible (adjective): Similar in meaning; perceptible by touch, clear and definite, real.

Synonyms

• Tangible: Perceptible by touch; having a material form.
• Palpable: Able to be touched or felt; so intense as to seem almost tangible.
• Concrete: Existing in a material or physical form; real, solid.

Antonyms

• Intangible: Unable to be touched; not having a physical presence.
• Untouchable: Not able to be touched.
• Abstract: Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.

Related Phrases

• Within touchable reach: Close enough that one can physically reach out and touch something.
  • The book was left within touchable reach on the bedside table.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
   • skin with a tangible roughness

Từ đồng nghĩa

• tangible