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winnable

winnable

13 4.0
Possible to win if you try and plan well
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɪnəbl/
: ganable
  • Yes, all wars are winnable provided one is willing to pay the price for victory.
  • winnable game
  • winnable war
  • winnable seats

And that game was winnable, very winnable, which is crazy.

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Examples

  • Saying then it did not seem to him a winnable case.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The team believes they can achieve victory; this is a winnable game for them.

  • And that game was winnable, very winnable, which is crazy.

  • So here we knew that the game was winnable exactly when we have zero or more dollars on the board.

  • It's probably not winnable, to begin with.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • And they think this war is winnable.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Also, the party needs to find excellent candidates for any race that is remotely winnable.

    Blog text (21)
  • Democrats believe the new district is more winnable than Johnson's old district, which he won six times.

    Blog text (3)
  • The Bears have three very winnable games coming up: home vs. Detroit, home vs. Carolina, and at Tennessee.

    Blog text (12)
  • Their next few games are certainly winnable (their next five foes have a record of 15-30).

    Blog text (20)

Synonyms

beatable
vswinnable
4 3.7

Able to be defeated by an opponent

focuses on being achieved rather than only defeating an opponent
accomplishable
vswinnable
1 4.7

Something you can do

is about being achieved particularly with effort or under certain conditions

Antonyms

6 4.6

Not possible to win

How Achievable

easy
∞ 1.0
achievable
24 3.2
winnable
13 4.0
difficult
∞ 1.6
impossible
∞ 1.4

Surface Forms

winnable positive

Morphology

winnable = win (transparent) = win + able

Formed by the verb 'win' plus the productive suffix '-able', yielding the clear meaning 'able to be won'.

Etymology

Winnable is made of win and the ending -able. Win means 'to get victory' and -able means 'able to be', so winnable is something 'able to be won', often if you try hard or have a good plan.