speakable
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4.5
- adjective
- /ˈspiːkəbl/
:
expresable
- The teacher created an environment where all feelings are speakable and respected.
Examples
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In her most recent book, Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative (1997), she raises questions about what is "speakable" today in American society.
Academic text (2001) -
So do you remember after the Manchester Arena bombings at the Ariana Grande concert, which were were one of the most speakable crimes in living memory?
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Arrest this man for his speakable crimes against the galaxy.
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I have to recycle speakable items.
Blog text (7) -
And what is not speakable is the querying of our fixed principles.
Fiction book (1996) -
The former would exhaust all speakable poetry in the universal abstract phrase in which, in the end, he lives.
Fiction book (2000) -
You come in here and accuse me of something un-fucking-speakable, and you're wondering what kind of family I am? - [sighs] - [ringing continues]
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This "speakable" realm, which includes idioms alluding both to life in the womb and the digging of a grave, might enable us to "hear" more of what people (in the past and present) have to say about loss and fear in an epidemic.
Academic text (2006) -
In therapy, discussing past traumas can make difficult topics more speakable.
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The organization aims to make mental health issues speakable to reduce stigma among youth.
Synonyms
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3.5
A word or name you can say clearly
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5.3
Able to be put into words or shown by actions
Can be said out loud
Possible to put into words and speak
Possible to share with other people by speaking
Easy to pronounce
Antonyms
How Expressible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word speakable is made from speak, meaning 'to say words', and the ending -able, meaning 'can be', like in readable. So, speakable means something that 'can be said' or 'expressed in words'.