👄 Easy to pronounce 🤐 Socially acceptable 🗣️ Able to express

sayable

5.8

Possible to put into words and speak

adjective
/ˈseɪəbl/

: expresable

The message was sayable and clear.

Examples

Not every thought is sayable in a public setting.
He struggled to find the sayable words for his complicated emotions.
Some feelings are not easily sayable and remain hidden inside.
His feelings are sayable but difficult to express.
The author's new book explores the concept of what is sayable in different cultures.
In her speech, she focused on ideas that were sayable without provoking controversy.
During the discussion, they struggled to find a sayable way to express their disagreement.

Synonyms

articulable

vssayable

1 7.7

Easy to put into words or explain clearly

indicates simple ability to be said without stressing clarity

speakable

vssayable

1 4.5

Something you can say or put into words

is the same idea expressed by the key term rather than this form

expressible

vssayable

1 5.3

Able to be put into words or shown by actions

limits the idea to being spoken or put into words

utterable

vssayable

6.7

Can be said out loud

is the same capacity but named by the key term

effable

vssayable

8.4

Can be expressed in words

focuses more on being spoken aloud than broad description

tellable

vssayable

5.1

Possible to share with other people by speaking

refers only to basic ability to be spoken or expressed

How Expressible

expressible

1 5.3

sayable

5.8

unnamable

1 7.7

Surface Forms

sayable positive

sayabler comparative

sayablest superlative

Morphology

sayable = say (transparent) = say + able

Direct derivation from the verb 'say' with the productive adjectival suffix '-able' meaning 'able to be said'; the meaning is literal and accessible to learners.

Etymology

Sayable is made from say and -able, where say means 'speak' and -able means 'able to'. So something sayable is literally 'able to be said', like a feeling you can put into words.