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doable

/ˈduː.ə.bəl/

doable adjective: possible to do; feasible.

Adjective

doable (comparative more doable, superlative most doable)

  1. Possible to do; feasible.
    • "I think this is embarrassing for the rail industry to put out non-workable options in a major public consultation that lots of people have given plenty of time to for then, at this stage, for us to be told that none of it was doable in the first place.2021 May 5, “Andy Burnham's speech to the TfN board meeting”, in RAIL, number 930, page 51
    • The work will, for now, continue in a different, disparate form. “It’s doable but it is disruptive,” said Kate Marvel, a climate scientist at GISS.2025 May 21, Oliver Milman, “Godfather of climate science decries Trump plan to shut Nasa lab above Seinfeld diner: ‘It’s crazy’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. (informal) Worthy of sexual conquest.
    • Look at that chick - she's so doable!

Noun

doable (plural doables)

  1. Something that can be done; a possible or practical task.

doable meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Malayalam

doable in Tamil

செய்யக்கூடிய

doable in Marathi

करण्यायोग्य

doable in Telugu

చేయదగినది

doable in Malayalam

doable; feasible
സാധ്യ sādhya
More languagesFewer languages
doable in Kannada
ಮಾಡಬಲ್ಲ

Forms of doable

Adjective
comparativemore doable
superlativemost doable
alternative formdo-able
Noun
pluraldoables

Origin of doable

From Middle English doable, equivalent to do + -able.

Words formed from doable

Questions about doable

What does doable mean?
Doable means possible to do; feasible.
What is doable in Tamil?
Doable in Tamil is செய்யக்கூடிய. See Doable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is doable?
Doable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce doable?
Doable is pronounced /ˈduː.ə.bəl/.

Words near doable in the dictionary

  1. doab
  2. Doaba
  3. Doabi
  4. doabilities
  5. doability
  6. doable
  7. doabler
  8. doables
  9. doably
  10. doabs
  11. DOAC

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: doable (page history and authors); doable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); doable (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doable (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); സാധ്യ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); doable (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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