penetrability
Capacity for entry
Penetrability is the quality of being able to be penetrated—pierced, entered, or passed through.
The term appears in technical contexts: the penetrability of a membrane, of armor, of soil.
The penetrability of the fortress walls was tested by cannon fire.
Figuratively, it can describe how easily something yields to understanding or influence: the penetrability of his defenses.
Without means to resist
- exposedOut in open
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- assailableOpen to attack
breachable · exploitable · attackable · undefended · unfortified · unshielded · weak · fragile
Void space density
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- osmosisSolvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- seepageSlow fluid escape
absorption · transmissivity · leakage · capillarity · infiltration · percolation · breathability · membrane
Willing to comply
- impressionableEasily influenced or affected
- malleableCapable of being shaped
- responsiveQuick to react
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
absorbent · persuadable · open-minded · suggestible · influenceable · tractable · yielding · accepting
Easy to engage with
- reachableAble to be contacted
- attainableAble to be reached
- navigableCapable of being traversed
- unobstructedHaving no barriers
enterable · passable · traversable · open · unbarred · unlocked · ingress · entry
Without obstruction or fog
- see-throughAllowing vision through
- lucidMentally sharp and comprehensible
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
pellucid · limpid · unclouded · unobscured · visible · discernible · legible · intelligible
defenseless
Without means to resist
- exposedOut in open
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
assailable · breachable · exploitable · attackable · undefended · unfortified · unshielded · weak · fragile · compromised
porosity
Void space density
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- osmosisSolvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
seepage · absorption · transmissivity · leakage · capillarity · infiltration · percolation · breathability · membrane · spongy
amenable
Willing to comply
- impressionableEasily influenced or affected
- malleableCapable of being shaped
- responsiveQuick to react
susceptible · absorbent · persuadable · open-minded · suggestible · influenceable · tractable · yielding · accepting
approachable
Easy to engage with
- reachableAble to be contacted
- attainableAble to be reached
- navigableCapable of being traversed
unobstructed · enterable · passable · traversable · open · unbarred · unlocked · ingress · entry · admittance
clear
Without obstruction or fog
- see-throughAllowing vision through
- lucidMentally sharp and comprehensible
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
diaphanous · pellucid · limpid · unclouded · unobscured · visible · discernible · legible · intelligible · comprehensible
- vulnerabilitiesvulnerability, insecurity, weakness, self-doubt, flaw
- permeabilitypermeation, impermeable, porosity, membrane, membranes
penetrabilityimpenetrability
Resistance to penetration
imperviousness · impermeability · impassability · solidity · density
penetrabilityimpenetrability
Resistance to penetration
inscrutability · incomprehensibility · opaqueness · unfathomability · inaccessibility
penetrabilityimpregnability
Inability to be conquered
impenetrability · invulnerability · inviolability · fortification · security