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delible

delible

9.2
Easy to remove or wash away
  • adjective
  • /dɪˈlɪbəl/
translation icon : borrable
  • Unlike an indelible tattoo, a delible mark can be washed away with water.

Examples

  • Please use a delible marker on the whiteboard so the writing can be cleaned off easily.

  • These notes are delible and can be erased easily.

  • The software saves both permanent and delible files, allowing users to revise their work freely.

  • The ink used in this pen is delible.

  • You can use a delible pencil for sketching, which allows you to erase mistakes easily.

  • The teacher preferred delible markers for whiteboards to ensure easy cleanup after lessons.

  • These delible notes will help you refine your ideas without the fear of making permanent changes.

Synonyms

removable
vsdelible
20 3.3

Something you can take off or move to another place

focuses on not being fixed or lasting rather than on full destruction
erasable
vsdelible
1 2.8

Can be wiped off a surface with a cloth

is a general quality of not lasting rather than total destruction
effaceable
vsdelible
9.3

Able to be removed or erased

means only that it is not permanent rather than being fully destroyed
eradicable
vsdelible
7.1

A thing people can completely remove, for example a disease or weed

is about being not permanent without implying total destruction
obliterable
vsdelible
9.9

Can disappear completely with no trace remaining

means it can be undone or not lasting while traces may remain

Antonyms

permanent
650 3.2

Continuing for a long time and unlikely to change

indelible
23 7.0

Not able to be removed, erased, or forgotten

How Removable

delible
9.2
indelible
23 7.0

Surface Forms

delible positive

Morphology

delible = delete (transparent) = delete + ible

The adjective is directly formed from the verb 'delete' with the adjectival suffix '-ible' meaning 'able to be deleted', which is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Delible comes from the Latin root del- meaning 'erase' and the part de- meaning 'remove', and it shares this root with the common word delete. So a delible mark is one you can easily erase or take away, the opposite of indelible.