audible

Loud or clear enough for someone to hear.

• Her voice was barely audible.
• The music was audible from the street.
• He let out an audible sigh.

How to use it: audible to someone (The alarm was audible to everyone in the building.)

Similar words: hearable

Opposites: inaudible

Common phrases: barely audible, clearly audible, audible sigh

A shouted change of plan in American football, made just before play starts.

• The quarterback called an audible.
• That audible turned a pass into a run.
• The defense struggled to react to his audibles.

Common phrases: call an audible, an audible at, quarterback’s audible

In American football, to shout a different plan to teammates just before play starts.

• The quarterback decided to audible.
• He audibled after studying the defense.
• Can she audible to a pass before the snap?

How to use it: audible to something (The quarterback audibled to a running play.)

Common phrases: audible at the line, audible to something