Word.ws English Dictionary

evolvability

evolvability noun: the ability to evolve.

Noun

evolvability (countable and uncountable, plural evolvabilities)

  1. The ability to evolve.
    • Systems must be constantly poised for change: a potential for evolvability is essential if they are to respond to the vagaries of an uncertain future.2003, Adrian Woolfson, ‘Genetic Mountaineering’, London Review of Books, volume 25, number 3

Forms of evolvability

pluralevolvabilities

Origin of evolvability

From evolve + -ability.

Words formed from evolvability

Questions about evolvability

What does evolvability mean?
Evolvability means the ability to evolve.
What part of speech is evolvability?
Evolvability is a noun.
What is the plural of evolvability?
The plural of evolvability is evolvabilities.

Words near evolvability in the dictionary

  1. evolutive
  2. evolutively
  3. evolutiveness
  4. evolutivity
  5. evolvabilities
  6. evolvability
  7. evolvable
  8. evolve
  9. evolved
  10. evolved antenna
  11. evolved antennae

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: evolvability (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: “evolvability.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/evolvability. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.