bearable
/ˈbɛəɹəbəɫ/
bearable adjective: able to be borne; tolerable; endurable.
Adjective
bearable (not comparable)
- Able to be borne; tolerable; endurable.
- Synonyms:
- abideable, livable, survivable, endurable, portable, sufferable, supportable, tolerable, withstandable
- Able to be borne or carried; portable.
- A joint cause is neither necessary nor sufficient for an effect—for example, any one of six pallbearers is a joint cause of carrying a coffin bearable by four.2015, Andrew Chignell, Terence Cuneo, Matthew C. Halteman, Philosophy Comes to Dinner: Arguments About the Ethics of Eating
- Synonyms:
- portatile, shiftable, transportable, carriable, fieldable, grab-and-go, handcarried, portable, portative, totable
bearable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
bearable in Tamil
- பொறுத்துக்கொள்ளக் கூடிய
bearable in Urdu
- گوارا, قابل برداشت
bearable in Bengali
- সহনীয়
bearable in Malayalam
- വഹിക്കത്തക്ക, സഹ്യമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- bearable in Kannada
- ಸಹ್ಯವಾದ, ಸಹಿಸಬಹುದಾದ
Synonyms of bearable
- abideable
- livable
- survivable
- endurable
- sufferable
- supportable
- tolerable
- withstandable
- portatile
- shiftable
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Origin of bearable
From Middle English berable, equivalent to bear + -able.
Words formed from bearable
Questions about bearable
- What does bearable mean?
- Bearable means able to be borne; tolerable; endurable.
- What is bearable in Tamil?
- Bearable in Tamil is பொறுத்துக்கொள்ளக் கூடிய. See Bearable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bearable?
- Bearable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce bearable?
- Bearable is pronounced /ˈbɛəɹəbəɫ/.
Words near bearable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bearable (page history and authors); bearable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bearable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bearable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bearable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bearable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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