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fixable

fixable

9 2.7
Can be repaired or put right
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɪksəbl/
translation icon : reparable
  • Our problems are fixable.
  • a fixable problem
  • easily fixable
  • looks fixable

If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying.

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Examples

  • But this is all fixable.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • He reassured his friend that her broken phone is fixable and can be repaired for a reasonable cost.

  • Sad, but fixable by us if we can figure out how.

    Blog text (34)
  • I know this looks bad but it's fixable.

  • The entire car is in bad shape, but it's fixable.

    Blog text (8)
  • All of these problems are fixable.

    Blog text (21)
  • It's totally fixable from where I'm standing.

  • This was a big gaffe, yes, but it's very fixable, and besides, it's early yet.

    Blog text (24)
  • The problem is fixable.

    Blog text (6)
  • After reading Dreamland and speaking with Randall, I realized that many of our problems are fixable with a good night's sleep.

    Blog text (13)

Synonyms

salvageable
vsfixable
12 5.3

Something you can save or fix after damage

is used more generally for anything that can be repaired or corrected
correctable
vsfixable
3 4.8

Able to be fixed or made right

focuses on general ability to be repaired or put right
resolvable
vsfixable
1 4.4

A problem that can be solved or fixed

refers specifically to physical or practical repairability rather than solving
reparable
vsfixable
1 4.9

Able to be fixed

is the general idea of being able to be repaired or put right
remediable
vsfixable
1 6.6

A problem that can be fixed

is about being repairable or correctable in general situations
restorable
vsfixable
1 3.9

Can be fixed to look or work like before

is broader, including simple repairs not only full restoration
rectifiable
vsfixable
6.8

Able to be fixed or made right

covers the same repairability but in broader everyday contexts
salvable
vsfixable
5.8

Can be fixed after damage or loss

covers the same saving idea but also plain repairability
redressable
vsfixable
  • Formal
7.7

Something the law can make right

is the general ability to be repaired without legal emphasis

Antonyms

24 7.6

Too badly damaged to be fixed or made right again

How Repairable

restorable
1 3.9
fixable
9 2.7
irreparable
24 7.6

Surface Forms

fixable positive
fixabler comparative
fixablest superlative

Morphology

fixable = fix (transparent) = fix + able

Formed by straightforward suffixation of 'fix' with '-able', producing an adjective meaning 'able to be fixed' in the basic, physical sense.

Etymology

Fixable comes from the verb fix, which originally meant 'to fasten' or 'make firm'. Think of fixing a broken chair by putting parts back together, so something fixable is able to be repaired.