seeable C2+ Topic:Describing People US /ˈsiəbəl/ UK /ˈsiːəbəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj capable of being seen; visible The comet was barely seeable without a telescope. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · capable of being seen; visible visibleperceptiblediscernibleobservableviewable ↔ Opposites invisibleunseeableimperceptible Word family Related forms seeunseeablesight Etymology AI details From 'see' (Old English 'sēon', from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną) + '-able'. sēon Old English *sehwaną Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing People Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # seeable **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈsiəbəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsiːəbəl/ ## Meanings 1. capable of being seen; visible ## Examples - The comet was barely seeable without a telescope. ## Synonyms - visible - perceptible - discernible - observable - viewable ## Antonyms - invisible - unseeable - imperceptible ## Related Forms - see - unseeable - sight ## Roots and Affixes - Root: sēon - Root: *sehwaną ## Etymology From 'see' (Old English 'sēon', from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną) + '-able'. ## AI Etymology Seeable comes from 'see' (Old English 'sēon', from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną) + '-able'. The historical chain includes Old English sēon and Proto-Germanic *sehwaną. Older glosses in the chain include "see", "sēon", and "-able", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, seeable is best read as compound, yielding an English adjective shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as an adjective, with the sense "capable of being seen; visible". related forms include see, unseeable, and sight. The result is an English adjective whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning. ## Topics - Describing People - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown