visible

VIH-zih-bul

meaning in plain English

Something you can see with your eyes.

Think of a billboard at night — the bright letters are visible, like a lighthouse you can actually see.

for example

When the lights come on in a dark room, everything in the room becomes visible.

If you can point to it or look right at it, it’s visible. Why do we say a star is visible at night? Because you can actually see it in the sky.