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doable

doable

51 1.8
Possible to finish with effort
  • adjective
  • /ˈduːəbl/
translation icon : realizable
  • If the researcher is a dissertation student, the topic should be "doable" in one year.
  • a doable task

Well, one hour is definitely doable for tomorrow.

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Examples

  • By giving yourself a doable deadline, you keep yourself motivated and focused.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • It's not that easy, but it's doable, right?

  • So it's a very doable thing to think through.

  • Well, one hour is definitely doable for tomorrow.

  • And so just three to four weeks, is that doable to get it done?

  • Well, it was doable in the day, but only just.

  • What I just described is doable long term.

  • Maybe not in time for the wedding, but doable in the long run.

  • The amazing thing about this idea is that it is totally doable on a local scale.

    Blog text (1)
  • Many of the recipes in 'The French Laundry Cookbook' are doable by the home cook.

Synonyms

possible
vsdoable
1.0

Able to happen or be achieved

is specifically about whether an action can be done
manageable
vsdoable
57 3.2

Easy to deal with

says only that something can be done, not that it is easy
workable
vsdoable
37 3.9

Possible to do successfully with the tools and conditions we have

is a general statement of ability, not about available means
achievable
vsdoable
33 3.2

Can be done successfully

is about plain possibility rather than guaranteed success
attainable
vsdoable
17 3.9

Possible to achieve or reach

covers mere possibility, not necessarily being a reachable goal
practicable
vsdoable
8 5.8

Possible to do successfully in real life

is broader, stating simple ability without practicality focus
realizable
vsdoable
  • US
1 4.4

Possible to do or achieve

is more neutral about simple possibility rather than making real
makeable
vsdoable
1 3.7

Can be done or finished

emphasizes doing generally rather than producing or building
accomplishable
vsdoable
4.7

Something you can do

focuses on being possible rather than on finishing details

Antonyms

1 4.3

Something that cannot be done or achieved

How Doable

easy
1.0
doable
51 1.8
difficult
1.6
unlikely
487 1.9
impossible
1.4

Surface Forms

doable positive

Morphology

doable = do (transparent) = do + able

Formed by the productive adjective-forming suffix '-able' on the verb 'do'; meaning 'possible to do' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word doable is made of do ('to do') and the ending -able ('able to be done'). So, doable means 'able to be done', something that is possible to do.