swallowable
- adjective
- /ˈswɑloʊəbl/
:
asumible
- The new policy was barely swallowable for most employees, but they agreed to try it.
Examples
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The compromise was only swallowable because both sides made concessions.
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She found his explanation more swallowable after hearing all the details.
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The explanation was swallowable for most people.
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Her reasons were swallowable given the circumstances.
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For some, the idea of changing jobs was more swallowable after the recent layoffs.
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After discussing the plan further, the team's objections became more swallowable.
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The proposal was finally made swallowable by offering significant benefits.
Synonyms
31
4.9
Pleasant to taste or acceptable to most people
31
3.5
Able to be put up with though not very good
25
3.2
Not too painful or unpleasant to handle
1
3.7
Easy to deal with or understand
1
5.4
Able to be tolerated when it is unpleasant
Easy to accept and include in a plan
Antonyms
How Acceptable
195
3.4
477
2.5
595
2.7
38
3.0
176
3.9
256
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Swallowable can also be used in a figurative way, using swallow ('to accept') plus -able ('able to'), like the phrase 'hard to swallow' when something is hard to believe. So if an idea or rule is swallowable, it is 'easy to accept' or believe.