Etymology
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visible (adj.)

mid-14c., from Old French visable, visible "perceptible" (12c.) and directly from Latin visibilis "that may be seen," from visus, past participle of videre "to see" (see vision). An Old English word for this was eagsyne. Related: Visibly.

Entries linking to visible

vision (n.)
c. 1300, "something seen in the imagination or in the supernatural," from Anglo-French visioun, Old French vision "presence, sight; view, look, appearance; dream, supernatural sight" (12c.), from Latin visionem (nominative visio) "act of seeing, sight, thing seen," noun of action from past participle stem of videre "to see," from PIE root *weid- "to see." The meaning "sense of sight" is first recorded late 15c. Meaning "statesman-like foresight, political sagacity" is attested from 1926.
imprevisible (adj.)
"that cannot be foreseen," 1855, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + previsible (see pre- + visible). Related: Imprevision; imprevisibility.
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Definitions of visible

visible (adj.)
present and easily available;
a visible supply
visible resources
visible (adj.)
capable of being seen; or open to easy view;
a visible object
visible stars
visible files
a visible change of expression
mountains visible in the distance
Synonyms: seeable
visible (adj.)
obvious to the eye;
a visible change of expression
From wordnet.princeton.edu

Dictionary entries near visible

viscount

viscous

vise

Vishnu

visibility

visible

Visigoth

vision

visionary

visit

visitation

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