1
[ adjective ] capable or worthy of drawing attention

Examples

"noticeable shadows under her eyes" "noticeable for its vivid historical background" "a noticeable lack of friendliness"

Used in print

(Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)

The improvement was most noticeable in the greater consistency among reaction cells prepared as_a_group on the same manifold .

(M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)

This was particularly noticeable in group A and group B sera , in which cases activity in Regions 1 and 2 was usually not detectable without prior concentration and occasionally could not be detected at_all .

2
[ adjective ] capable of being detected

Synonyms

detectable

Examples

"after a noticeable pause the lecturer continued"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

The penalty for this is noticeable in the big , bold , brilliant , but brassy piano sounds in Melody_and_Percussion_for_Two_Pianos ( SP 44007 ) .

Related terms

perceptible

3
[ adjective ] readily noticed

Examples

"a noticeable resemblance"

Related terms

strong

4
[ adjective ] undesirably noticeable

Synonyms

obtrusive

Examples

"the obtrusive behavior of a spoiled child" "equally obtrusive was the graffiti"

Related terms

unobtrusive conspicuous

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