accessible

[ak-ses-uh-buhl, ik-]

adjective

1. easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.

2. able to be used, entered, reached, etc..

   an accessible road; accessible Mayan ruins.

3. suitable for disabled people to reach, enter, or use, as a result of design modifications: modified controllers to make video games accessible.

   wheelchair-accessible vans;

   modified controllers to make video games accessible.

4. readily understandable.

   Students may believe that poetry is not accessible because of its metaphorical language.

5. obtainable; attainable.

   accessible evidence.

6. open to the influence of (usually followed byto ).

   accessible to bribery.

accessible

/ əkˈsɛsəbəl /

adjective

1. easy to approach, enter, use, or understand

2. likely to be affected by; open to; susceptible to

3. obtainable; available

4. easy for disabled people to enter or use

5. logic (of a possible world) surveyable from some other world so that the truth value of statements about it can be known. A statement possibly p is true in a world W if and only if p is true in some worlds accessible to W

Other Word Forms

• accessibility noun
• accessibly adverb
• nonaccessible adjective
• preaccessible adjective
• unaccessible adjective
• unaccessibly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of accessible¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, Middle French, from Late Latin accessibilis; access, -ible

Example Sentences

And it’s accessible, allowing many visitors to pass through.

From Los Angeles Times

Ten years later, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the government blocked popular social media sites, such as Facebook, Instagram and X, and most independent media, leaving them accessible only through VPNs.

From BBC

In an effort to make its services more accessible, the ride-hailing company Uber is now accepting cash as payment in Los Angeles, San Diego and other big cities in California.

From Los Angeles Times

She came to television already fluent in the rhythms of instruction — the patience, the humor, the knack for making technique feel accessible.

From Salon

But as I said in my last column, L.A.’s roughly 500 parks and 100 rec centers, occupying 16,000 acres, are generally in bad shape and not easily accessible to many residents.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• available 
• handy 
• reachable www.thesaurus.com
• usable