workable
workable adjective: capable of functioning.
Adjective
workable (comparative more workable, superlative most workable)
- Capable of functioning.
- They came up with a workable solution, until they could think of something better.
- Penrhyn Quarry vertical-boilered 0-4-0 locomotive "George Henry," built by De Winton & Company in 1877. It is the last survivor of its class, and is still in workable condition.1945 July and August, “The Penrhyn Railway and its Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 208, photo caption
- Able to be worked or fashioned
workable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
workable in Hindi
- workable, serviceable
- कामचलाऊ kāmcalāū
workable in Tamil
- இயங்கக்கூடிய, செய்யத்தக்க, நடைமுறைப் படுத்தத்தக்க
workable in Marathi
- काम करण्यायोग्य
workable in Telugu
- పని చేయదగినది
More languagesFewer languages
- workable in Malayalam
- ചെയ്യാവുന്ന, ലാഭകരമായ, വളയ്ക്കാവുന്ന
- workable in Punjabi
- ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨ ਯੋਗ, ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨਯੋਗ
- workable in Nepali
- कार्ययोग्य
Examples of workable in a sentence
- The project has the makings of success: a strong leader, a committed workforce, and a workable plan.
- Further, a workable transcription will note sublexical elements such as breathing noise and laughter.
- Gopherspace is like a huge electronic library that needs a workable indexing and catalogue system.
Antonyms of workable
Forms of workable
| comparative | more workable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most workable |
Origin of workable
From work + -able.
Words formed from workable
Questions about workable
- What does workable mean?
- Workable means capable of functioning.
- What is workable in Hindi?
- Workable in Hindi is कामचलाऊ (kāmcalāū). See Workable meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is workable?
- Workable is an adjective.
Words near workable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: workable (page history and authors); कामचलाऊ (Hindi) (page history and authors); workable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); workable (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); workable (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); workable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); workable (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); workable (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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