| Main Entry: | tactile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | touchable |
Synonyms: |
material, palpable, physical, solid, tactual, tangible |
| Notes: | tactual means 'arising from or due to touch' and tactile means 'capable of, allows for being touched' |
| Main Entry: | palpable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concrete, real |
Synonyms: |
material, sensible, solid, substantial, tactile, tangible, touchable |
Antonyms: |
abstract, doubtful, dubious, inferential, questionable, unreal |
| Main Entry: | sensory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affecting animate nerve organs |
Synonyms: |
acoustic, afferent, audible, audiovisual, auditory, aural, auricular, clear, discernible, distinct, gustative, gustatory, hearable, lingual, neural, neurological, ocular, olfactive, olfactory, ophthalmic, optic, perceptible, phonic, plain, receptive, sensational, sensatory, sensible, sensual, sonic, tactile, visual |
| Main Entry: | sensual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physical, erotic |
Synonyms: |
X-rated, animal, animalistic, arousing, bodily, carnal, debauched, delightful, epicurean, exciting, fleshly, heavy*, hedonic, hot*, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, moving, pleasing, rough, sensuous, sexual, sexy, sharpened, steamy, stimulating, stirring, tactile, unchaste, unspiritual, voluptuous |
| Notes: | sensuous usually implies gratification of the senses for the sake of aesthetic pleasure; sensual usually describes gratification of the senses or physical appetites as an end in itself |
Antonyms: |
abstemious, chaste, mental |
| Main Entry: | tangible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | real, concrete |
Synonyms: |
actual, appreciable, corporeal, definite, detectable, discernible, distinct, embodied, evident, factual, gross, incarnated, manifest, material, objective, observable, obvious, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, phenomenal, physical, plain, positive, sensible, solid, stable, substantial, tactile, touchable, verifiable, visible, well-grounded |
Antonyms: |
abstract, conceptual, imperceptible, intangible, unreal |
| Main Entry: | touchy-feely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | demonstrative |
Synonyms: |
emotional, expressive, gushing, sensitive, tactile, tactual |
Antonyms: |
undemonstrative |
| Main Entry: | touchable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to be touched |
Synonyms: |
palpable, perceptible, tactile, tactual |
Antonyms: |
untouchable |
| Main Entry: | tactual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related to touch |
Synonyms: |
material, palpable, physical, solid*, tactile, tangible |