Word.ws English Dictionary

decayable

decayable adjective: capable of decaying; perishable.

Adjective

decayable (comparative more decayable, superlative most decayable)

  1. Capable of decaying; perishable.

Forms of decayable

comparativemore decayable
superlativemost decayable

Origin of decayable

From decay + -able.

Words formed from decayable

Questions about decayable

What does decayable mean?
Decayable means capable of decaying; perishable.
What part of speech is decayable?
Decayable is an adjective.

Words near decayable in the dictionary

  1. decay constants
  2. decay series
  3. decay time
  4. decay times
  5. decayability
  6. decayable
  7. decayed
  8. decayedness
  9. decayer
  10. decayers
  11. decayeth

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: decayable (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “decayable.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/decayable. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.