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discoverable

discoverable

3 2.9
Something that can be found or learned
  • adjective
  • /dɪsˈkʌvərəbəl/
translation icon : descubrible
  • His hidden talents were only discoverable after he started taking part in various activities.
  • discoverable documents
  • discoverable information
  • discoverable data

Examples

  • The research team found that many insights were discoverable through careful analysis of the data.

  • With the right tools and techniques, valuable information can be easily discoverable online.

  • In that case, laws are discoverable by reason.

  • Having a place to keep documents where it's always discoverable is has been a huge, huge thing to our organization.

  • What was happening behind was not discoverable from any of the available information.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • All of that data costs money to maintain and is discoverable in litigation.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Lawyers need to be thinking about the forms in which documents should be produced and ways to preserve discoverable information.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Under the rule, then, electronic data and emails will be discoverable.

    Academic text (1999)
  • At present, more than ninety percent of discoverable information is generated and stored electronically.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Courts have ruled that electronic files on laptops, personal digital assistants, and the Internet are now discoverable.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

detectable
vsdiscoverable
14 3.6

Easy to notice or find

is broader, including being learned by reasoning or other methods
searchable
vsdiscoverable
9 2.8

Someone can find it by searching a computer or database

is broader, applying beyond cases that require record lookup
traceable
vsdiscoverable
8 3.8

You can show it comes from a particular source

is broader, not limited to learning an original source or cause
knowable
vsdiscoverable
4 4.6

Something you can learn or understand

is more practical, focusing on cases that can actually be learned
findable
vsdiscoverable
1 2.8

Easy to discover when you search for it

is broader, including being learned or determined beyond mere location
ascertainable
vsdiscoverable
  • Formal
1 6.7

You can find out from facts or data

is broader, also covering cases learned without full proof
deducible
vsdiscoverable
1 6.6

Able to be worked out from the given information

is broader, including nonlogical ways to learn or become aware
guessable
vsdiscoverable
1 2.7

Easy to find out from information or clues

is stronger, implying clearer learning or confirmation rather than mere guesswork
uncoverable
vsdiscoverable
4.1

Possible to find or reveal by searching

is broader, including being learned even when nothing is hidden beforehand
inferable
vsdiscoverable
6.1

You can understand it from facts or clues

is more general, covering learning by action or direct proof too
surmisable
vsdiscoverable
8.8

Can be guessed from a small amount of evidence

is less tentative and applies to clearer or confirmed learning
figure-outable
vsdiscoverable
  • Informal
7.7

Someone can understand or solve it if they try

is more neutral and does not imply effort or informal tone

Antonyms

Not possible to find or learn where something is

How Discoverable

obvious
1.0
visible
398 1.0
discoverable
3 2.9
detectable
14 3.6
hidden
125 1.1

Surface Forms

discoverable positive

Morphology

discoverable = discover (transparent) = discover + able

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-able' to the verb 'discover', producing the straightforward meaning 'able to be discovered'.

Etymology

The word discoverable comes from discover + -able, and discover once meant 'take off the cover', from dis- 'undo' and cover 'cover'. So, something discoverable is able to be 'uncovered' or found out.