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mentionable

mentionable

1 4.8
Important enough to talk about in public
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɛnʃənəbl/
translation icon : mencionable
  • Anything mentionable is manageable.

Examples

  • A somewhat unmentionable, but utterly mentionable, topic is the relative absence of men at Community Fitness.

    Blog text (28)
  • Okay, well, I haven't really been anywhere noteworthy or mentionable.

  • And anything human is mentionable.

  • Have you done anything noteworthy, mentionable?

  • A mentionable wound?

  • Anything mentionable is manageable.

  • Launching with IE 7.5 and literally no mentionable HTML5 support on the dawn of 2011 ...

    Blog text (7)
  • Also, in fairness, the latter wasn't yet mentionable in our modest milieu, so no one could get too explicit.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Here we are living in a fairly well-off neighborhood with mentionable educational backgrounds (okay, so the Park Cities), and these parents are teaching their kids that Obama is some sort of Socialist Muslim who will take everyone's money.

    Blog text (7)
  • Her achievements in the competition were truly mentionable and deserved recognition.

Synonyms

notable
vsmentionable
112 3.7

Worth attention because it is important or unusual

is about being worth saying openly rather than just being important
discussable
vsmentionable
1 3.7

Able to be talked about

is about being worth saying openly rather than only fit for debate
tellable
vsmentionable
5.1

Possible to share with other people by speaking

is about being worth saying openly rather than merely fitting a story
disclosable
vsmentionable
  • Jargon
5.4

Can be shared with other people when the law allows it

is about being worth saying openly rather than only permitted in official settings

Antonyms

104 4.1

Not important or too small to matter

How Notable

remarkable
588 2.8
noteworthy
37 4.2
mentionable
1 4.8
unremarkable
20 3.5

Surface Forms

mentionable positive

Morphology

mentionable = mention (transparent) = mention + able

Productive adjectival formation from 'mention' + '-able' meaning 'able to be mentioned', which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

The word mentionable comes from mention ('to say' or 'talk about') and the ending -able ('able to'). So, it means something you can or should be talked about openly.