Antonyms for tangible

Grammar : Adj

Spell : tan-juh-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæn dʒə bəl

Definition of tangible

Origin : 1580s, "capable of being touched," from Middle French tangible, from Late Latin tangibilis "that may be touched," from Latin tangere "to touch" (see tangent). Sense of "material" (e.g. tangible reward) is first recorded 1610s; that of "able to be realized or dealt with" is from 1709.

adj real, concrete

Example sentences :

It was quite as tangible as his money profits promised to be.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Rosa's color and spirits had returned, at the sight of her tangible ally at the gate.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

Had she any tangible ground for believing that Calendar could be found in Queensborough?
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

On every side was the silence, pressing upon them with a tangible presence.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

I take it that trustworthy and honest in tangible things are much the same.
Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker

It would imply the invisibility of a tangible substance; of a solid.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

And with the tangible symbol of it, the price of his mare, he emigrates to America.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Our disappointment filled that tiny cockpit like a tangible mist.
Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby

How could I get at some tangible conclusion as to her character and antecedents?
Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle

She read it as a tangible statement, which could never be superseded.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

Synonyms for tangible

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