Meaning & Definition of Tangible in English

1. Perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch

• "Skin with a tangible roughness"

2. Capable of being treated as fact

• "Tangible evidence"

• "His brief time as prime minister brought few real benefits to the poor"

3. (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value

• "Tangible property like real estate"

• "Tangible assets such as machinery"

4. Capable of being perceived

• 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"

• "A palpable lie"