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manageable

manageable

57 3.2
Easy to deal with
  • adjective
  • /ˈmænɪdʒəbl/
translation icon : manejable
  • Look at what you need to accomplish your goals and break it down into manageable steps.
  • more manageable
  • easily manageable
  • a manageable task

So this one is manageable to walk around with.

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Examples

  • And many of the infections are actually manageable or treatable and we can make an impact.

  • First, teachers might state clear expectations and break complex learning tasks into manageable parts.

    Academic text (2015)
  • By setting small goals, you have goals that are more manageable, goals you can actually achieve.

  • And he says that real levels of demand will be more manageable going forward.

  • How can we make this more manageable?

  • So listen, if you have a ton of debt, it's manageable if your interest rates are low.

  • The smaller class size made it possible to mentor a manageable number of student teams.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Everything had begun to seem more manageable as we neared home.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Surgical complications were mild to moderate, and pain was easily manageable in most cases.

    Academic text (2008)
  • By breaking the project into manageable tasks, the team was able to finish on time.

Synonyms

doable
vsmanageable
51 1.8

Possible to finish with effort

stresses being easy to deal with, not merely possible
controllable
vsmanageable
11 3.2

Easy to manage or keep within limits

focuses more on being easy to deal with overall
tractable
vsmanageable
3 7.4

Easy to manage and willing to follow directions

applies when something is easy to deal with even without willingness
surmountable
vsmanageable
2 4.8

Possible to get past or deal with

means it can be dealt with with little difficulty rather than overcome
governable
vsmanageable
1 6.1

Easy to control or manage

is the everyday sense of being easy to deal with
handleable
vsmanageable
1 4.1

Easy to manage in daily life

is the same idea but expressed more commonly

Antonyms

12 6.2

Hard to control or deal with

How Manageable

effortless
26 2.6
easy
1.0
manageable
57 3.2
difficult
1.6
unmanageable
12 6.2

Surface Forms

manageable positive
manageabler comparative
manageablest superlative

Morphology

manageable = manage (transparent) = manage + able

Direct and productive derivation: 'manage' + the adjective-forming suffix '-able' yields 'manageable' with the expected meaning.

Etymology

Manageable comes from manage, a word that originally had to do with the 'hand', like the English word handle. So something manageable is 'able to be handled' or controlled.