invisible
adjEtymology
From Middle English invisible, from Old French invisible, from Late Latin invīsibilis. Displaced native Old English unġesewenlīċ. Morphologically in- + visible.
- derived from invīsibilis
- derived from invisible
- inherited from invisible
Definitions
Unable to be seen
Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
- Unſpeakable, who ſitſt above theſe Heavens / To us inviſible or dimly ſeen / In theſe thy loweſt works,[…]
Not appearing on the surface.
- The physical covering of this image limited the Christians’ view, rendering the image invisible on all but a few occasions.
Apparently, but not actually, offline.
- I went invisible so that my ex-girlfriend wouldn't send me instant messages.
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That is ignored by a person.
To make invisible, to invisiblize.
- In the next section I look at some of the factors that contribute to the “invisibling” of people in later life in terms of the marginalization and splitting that occurs in providing decent psychological as well as physical care.
An invisible person or thing
An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.
A Rosicrucian
A Rosicrucian; so called because avoiding declaration of his craft.
One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church.
- Invisibles. Heretics who denied the visibility of the Church
The neighborhood
- synonymdisapparent
- synonyminapparent
- synonyminconspicuous
- synonyminvis
- synonyminvisible
- synonyminviso
- synonymnondisplayed
- synonymnonvisible
- synonymout of sight
- synonymsightless
- synonymunapparent
- synonymunconspicuous
- antonymvisible
- neighborinvisibility
- neighborinvisibilize
- neighborinvisible kitchen
- neighborinvisibleness
- neighborinvisibly
- neighborcloaked
- neighborghostlike
- neighboroccult
- neighboroffstage
- neighborimperceptible
- neighborhidden
Derived
invisible bird, invisible export, invisible government, invisible green, invisible hand, invisible import, invisible ink, invisible lat syndrome, invisible minority, invisible primary, invisible rail, invisible restoration, invisible runner, invisible trade, invisible web, join the choir invisible
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at invisible. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at invisible. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at invisible
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA