US /ˈtæktaɪl/
adj Freq #37842

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Relating to the sense of touch.

    Babies learn through tactile exploration of objects.

  2. 2
    adj

    Able to be felt by touching.

    The book has raised, tactile letters for blind readers.

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Synonyms
1 adj · relating to the sense of... haptictactual
Opposites
intangibleintouchableuntouchable
Word family
Derived forms audiotactilechemotactileelectrotactileentactogenmechanotactilenontactileorotactilepedotactilepneumotactileprotactiletactilelytactility
Related forms hapticpalpabletouchable

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tactile, from Latin tactilis (“that may be touched, tangible”), from tangere (“to touch”).

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