Meaning & use

visibility

noun·Academic

The distance or clarity with which things can be seen, or the state of being noticed.

See it in a sentence

Thick fog reduced visibility on the highway to less than fifty meters.

The campaign gave the small charity much greater visibility online.

A note on using this word

Visibility can describe literal weather conditions or a figurative sense of public awareness and attention.

Words with a similar meaning

clarityprominence

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Words with an opposite meaning

obscurity

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