| Main Entry: | operable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | possible |
Synonyms: |
achievable, conceivable, doable, feasible, obtainable, practicable, realizable, serviceable, viable, workable |
| Main Entry: | possible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | likely, attainable |
Synonyms: |
accessible, achievable, adventitious, advisable, available, breeze*, can do, cinch, conceivable, credible, dependent, desirable, doable, dormant, duck soup, easy as pie, expedient, feasible, fortuitous, hopeful, hypothetical, imaginable, indeterminate, latent, no sweat, obtainable, piece of cake, potential, practicable, probable, promising, pushover, realizable, setup, simple as ABC, snap, thinkable, uncertain, viable, welcome, within reach, workable |
| Notes: | feasible means capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are; possible means capable of happening or existing; probable means likely but not certain to be or become true or real possible means it could happen or be done; probable means it is likely to happen |
Antonyms: |
impossible, unattainable, ungettable, unlikely, unrealizable |
| Main Entry: | practicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | within the realm of possibility |
Synonyms: |
accessible, achievable, applicable, attainable, doable, employable, feasible, functional, handy, open, operative, performable, possible, practical, serviceable, usable, useful, utile, utilizable, viable, workable |
Antonyms: |
impossible, impracticable, unattainable, unreasonable, unworkable |
| Main Entry: | practical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic, useful |
Synonyms: |
applied, both feet on the ground, businesslike, commonsensical, constructive, doable, down-to-earth, efficient, empirical, experimental, factual, feasible, functional, handy, hard-boiled, implicit, in action, in operation, matter-of-fact, nuts and bolts, operative, orderly, possible, practicable, pragmatic, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible, serviceable, sober, solid, sound, systematic, unidealistic, unromantic, usable, utile, utilitarian, virtual, workable, workaday, working |
Antonyms: |
impossible, impractical, unfeasible, unrealistic, unserviceable, unworkable, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | viable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reasonable, practicable |
Synonyms: |
applicable, doable, feasible, operable, possible, usable, within possibility, workable |
Antonyms: |
impossible, unachievable, unpractical, unreasonable |
| Main Entry: | workable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | feasible |
Synonyms: |
applicable, breeze*, cinch*, doable, duck soup, easy, easy as pie, exploitable, functional, no sweat, piece of cake, possible, practicable, practical, simple as ABC, snap, usable, useful, viable, working |
Antonyms: |
impractical, unfeasible, unworkable |
| Main Entry: | exploitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | usable |
Synonyms: |
available, doable, exploitative, exploitatory, exploitive, feasible, fit, functional, helpful, operable, useful, working |