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drivable

drivable

3 3.4
Something a person can drive or a car can travel on
  • adjective
  • /ˈdraɪvəbl/
: transitable
  • If your car is not drivable, they will call for a tow.
  • drivable cars
  • drivable roads
  • drivable prototype

It's always been a nice drivable, usable car.

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Examples

  • This is a lot of damage. At least it's drivable.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • But the car was still drivable.

    Blog text (26)
  • What do you want to do now? - Is that car of yours drivable? - Yeah, more or less.

  • I am thinking I could make it drivable, we could drive into town and tell them what happened.

  • That way, we can get up in the morning, and we can see if the car's even drivable.

  • The car was drivable, and I drove it down the next offramp, back onto the freeway the other way and home.

    Blog text (27)
  • If your car is still drivable following an auto accident, then you will be entitled to a rental car while the vehicle is being repaired at the auto body shop.

    Blog text (26)
  • "The R600 represents an increase in aggressiveness, although the linear power delivery of the supercharged engine makes it superbly drivable, much like the R300."

    Blog text (24)
  • The big change since then is that the SUVs and light trucks have become much more drivable thanks to automatic transmissions, soft suspensions, and car-like interiors, and the advertising has focused more on soccer moms than it used to.

    Blog text (18)
  • We checked the weather report, and the roads are drivable.

Synonyms

passable
vsdrivable
3 3.5

A road or route you can travel because it is not blocked

means fit for driving vehicles rather than just being unblocked
travelable
vsdrivable
1 5.1

A place like a road or path that vehicles can move along

is focused on vehicle suitability rather than general traversal
roadable
vsdrivable
1 7.3

Able to be driven on public roads like a car

is suitable for vehicle driving beyond public roads

Antonyms

1 5.5

A road that cars cannot use safely because it is blocked or damaged

How Drivable

smooth
224 1.0
drivable
3 3.4
passable
3 3.5
rough
144 1.0
impassable
11 5.3

Surface Forms

drivable positive
drivabler comparative
drivablest superlative

Morphology

drivable = drive (transparent) = drive + able

Standard adjectival formation from the verb 'drive' with '-able' indicating capability or suitability.

Etymology

Drivable comes from drive + -able, where drive means 'to control a vehicle' and -able means 'can be'. So a road or car that is drivable is 'able to be driven' or suitable for driving.