[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palpable \pal"pable\, a. f. palpable, l. palpabilis, fr.
   palpare to feel, stroke; cf. palpus the soft palm of the
   hand.
   1. capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the
      touch; as, a palpable form. --shak.
      1913 webster

            darkness must overshadow all his bounds,
            palpable darkness.                    --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily
      perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture;
      palpable absurdity; palpable errors. "three persons
      palpable." --p. plowman.
      1913 webster

            lies gross as a mountain, open, palpable. --shak.
      1913 webster

            a hit, a very palpable hit.           --shak.
                                                  hamlet
      1913 webster -- pal"pableness, n. -- pal"pably,
      adv.
      1913 webster
see also:
pal"pableness pal"pably 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

palpable
     adj 1: capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind;
            especially capable of being handled or touched or
            felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in
            a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and
            close--palpable as cotton" syn: tangible ant: impalpable
     2: can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor"
see also:
tangible impalpable 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

57 moby thesaurus words for "palpable":
   apparent, appreciable, arresting, believable, certain, clear,
   clear as crystal, colorable, concrete, credible, crystal-clear,
   detectable, discernible, distinct, evident, explicit, express,
   indisputable, indubitable, manifest, material, noticeable,
   observable, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensible, patent,
   perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, plain as day,
   plausible, ponderable, positive, real, remarkable, seeable,
   seeming, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory, sensible,
   solid, straightforward, striking, substantial, substantive, sure,
   tactile, tangible, to be seen, touchable, unequivocal,
   unmistakable, visible, weighable

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