Service economy is a useful labor that does not produce a tangible commodity.
Source: tatoeba (54196)
Tangible
//ˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.b(ə)l//
Synonyms for "tangible" (131 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
10 entriesTranslations
97 translations across 30 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- konkreet adj (possible to be treated as fact)
- tasbaar adj (touchable, palpable)
- verstaanbaar adj (comprehensible by the mind; understandable)
Arabic
1 entries- مَلْمُوْس adj (touchable, palpable)
Bulgarian
4 entries- веществен adj (possible to be treated as fact)
- конкретен adj (possible to be treated as fact)
- осезаем adj (touchable, palpable)
- разбираем adj (comprehensible by the mind; understandable)
Catalan
1 entries- tangible adj (touchable, palpable)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 切實的 /切实的 adj (possible to be treated as fact)
- 可觸摸的 /可触摸的 adj (touchable, palpable)
- 明確的 /明确的 adj (comprehensible by the mind; understandable)
Danish
3 entries- håndgribelig adj (possible to be treated as fact)
- konkret adj (possible to be treated as fact)
- materiel adj (touchable, palpable)
Dutch
3 entries- begrijpelijk adj (comprehensible by the mind; understandable)
- concreet adj (possible to be treated as fact)
- tastbaar adj (touchable, palpable)
Esperanto
1 entries- palpebla adj (touchable, palpable)
Finnish
4 entries- aineellinen adj (possible to be treated as fact)
- kouriintuntuva adj (touchable, palpable)
- kouriintuntuva adj (possible to be treated as fact)
- käsin kosketeltava adj (touchable, palpable)
French
2 entries- palpable adj (touchable, palpable)
- tangible adj (touchable, palpable)
Galician
4 entries- entendíbel adj (comprehensible by the mind; understandable)
- tanxible adj (touchable, palpable)
- tanxíbel adj (touchable, palpable)
- tanxíbel adj (possible to be treated as fact)
German
4 entries- begreifbar adj (comprehensible by the mind; understandable)
- erfassbar adj (comprehensible by the mind; understandable)
- erfühlbar adj (touchable, palpable)
- fassbar adj (comprehensible by the mind; understandable)
Greek
4 entries- αισθητός adj (touchable, palpable)
- αντιληπτός adj (comprehensible by the mind; understandable)
- απτός adj (touchable, palpable)
- ενυπόστατος adj (possible to be treated as fact)
Hebrew
1 entries- מוחשי adj (touchable, palpable)
Hungarian
4 entries- anyagi adj (touchable, palpable)
- felfogható adj (comprehensible by the mind; understandable)
- kézzelfogható adj (possible to be treated as fact)
- materiális adj (touchable, palpable)
Italian
4 entries- palpabile adj (touchable, palpable)
- tangibile adj (touchable, palpable)
- tangibile adj (possible to be treated as fact)
- tangibile adj (comprehensible by the mind; understandable)
Kazakh
4 entries- ауыз толтырып айтарлық adj (possible to be treated as fact)
- елеулі adj (touchable, palpable)
- сезілетін adj (touchable, palpable)
- сезінерлік adj (touchable, palpable)
Latin
1 entries- tactilis adj (touchable, palpable)
Māori
2 entries- whaikiko adj (touchable, palpable)
- ōkiko adj (touchable, palpable)
Norwegian
4 entries- begripelig adj (comprehensible by the mind; understandable)
- fattbar adj (comprehensible by the mind; understandable)
- forståelig adj (comprehensible by the mind; understandable)
- følbar adj (touchable, palpable)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- materiell adj (touchable, palpable)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- materiell adj (touchable, palpable)
Old English
1 entries- grāpiendlīċ adj (touchable, palpable)
Persian
1 entries- ملموس adj (touchable, palpable)
Polish
4 entries- dotykalny adj (touchable, palpable)
- konkretny adj (possible to be treated as fact)
- namacalny adj (touchable, palpable)
- zrozumiały adj (comprehensible by the mind; understandable)
Portuguese
2 entries- tangível adj (touchable, palpable)
- tangível adj (possible to be treated as fact)
Romanian
2 entries- palpabil adj (touchable, palpable)
- tangibil adj (touchable, palpable)
Russian
4 entries- заме́тный adj (possible to be treated as fact)
- конкре́тный adj (possible to be treated as fact)
- осяза́емый adj (touchable, palpable)
- осяза́емый adj (possible to be treated as fact)
Spanish
2 entries- palpable adj (touchable, palpable)
- tangible adj (touchable, palpable)
Swedish
2 entries- handgriplig adj (touchable, palpable)
- påtaglig adj (touchable, palpable)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Forming an information infrastructure, the real impact of the information highway is an expectation of new economic development due to a shift from a tangible hardware-industry to brain-oriented software-industry.
Source: tatoeba (73631)
There's no tangible connection.
Source: tatoeba (5729814)
For all those things which are qualities of the tangible object, qua tangible, we perceive by touch.
Source: tatoeba (6674899)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.