Tangible \Tan"gi*ble\, a. [L. tangibilis, fr. tangere to touch:
   cf. F. tangible. See {Tangent}.]
   1. Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable. --Bacon.
      
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   2. Capable of being possessed or realized; readily
      apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. "A
      tangible blunder." --Byron.
      
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            Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others.
                                                  --Southey.
      
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 -- {Tangi*ble*ness}, n. -- {Tangi*bly},
      adv.
      
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tangible
     adj 1: perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch;
            "skin with a tangible roughness" [ant: {intangible}]
     2: possible to be treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his
        brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to
        the poor" [syn: {real}]
     3: (of especially business assets) having physical substance
        and intrinsic monetary value ; "tangible property like
        real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery" [ant: {intangible}]
     4: 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: {palpable}] [ant: {impalpable}]
     5: having substance or material existence; perceptible to the
        senses; "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded by
        tangible objects" [syn: {physical}, {touchable}]

81 Moby Thesaurus words for "tangible":
   actual, apparent, appreciable, assessed valuation, assets,
   assets and liabilities, atoms, bodily, circumstances, clear,
   clear as crystal, concrete, corporeal, crystal-clear,
   current assets, deferred assets, detectable, discernible, distinct,
   embodied, evident, explicit, express, fabric, fixed assets,
   frozen assets, funds, gross, indisputable, indubitable,
   intangible assets, intangibles, liquid assets, manifest, material,
   material assets, matter, means, medium, net assets, net worth,
   noticeable, objective, observable, obvious, open-and-shut,
   ostensive, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous,
   phenomenal, physical, plain, plain as day, ponderable,
   quick assets, real, resources, seeable, self-evident,
   self-explaining, self-explanatory, sensible, solid, somatic, stock,
   stock-in-trade, stuff, substance, substantial, substantive,
   tactile, tangible assets, tangibles, to be seen, touchable,
   unmistakable, visible, wealth