manageable
English
WOTD – 23 October 2019
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmænɪd͡ʒəbl̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmænəd͡ʒəb(ə)l/
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: man‧age‧a‧ble
Adjective
manageable (comparative more manageable, superlative most manageable)
- Capable of being managed or controlled.
- Synonyms: controllable, governable, (obsolete) maniable, tractable, subservient
- Antonyms: intractable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable
- Capable of being done or fulfilled; achievable.
- Synonyms: accomplishable, doable, feasible, fulfillable
- Antonyms: unaccomplishable, unachievable, undoable, unfeasible, unfulfillable, unmanageable
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
capable of being managed
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References
- “manageable, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2000; “manageable, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
- “manageable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “manageable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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