manageable

manageable

English

WOTD – 23 October 2019

Etymology

From manage +‎ -able.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmænɪd͡ʒəbl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmænəd͡ʒəb(ə)l/

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• Hyphenation: man‧age‧a‧ble

Adjective

manageable (comparative more manageable, superlative most manageable)

1. Capable of being managed or controlled.

   Synonyms: controllable, governable, (obsolete) maniable, tractable, subservient

   Antonyms: intractable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable

2. Capable of being done or fulfilled; achievable.

   Synonyms: accomplishable, doable, feasible, fulfillable

   Antonyms: unaccomplishable, unachievable, undoable, unfeasible, unfulfillable, unmanageable

Derived terms

• manageableness
• unmanageable

Related terms

• manage
• manageably
• management
• manager
• manageress
• managerial
• managing director
• managing (noun)

 

Translations

capable of being managed

Bulgarian: управляем (upravljaem) Catalan: manejable Czech: dosažitelný, řiditelný, zvládnutelný Dutch: beheerbaar (nl), beheersbaar (nl), behapbaar (nl) Esperanto: regebla French: maniable (fr), gérable (fr) German: handhabbar (de) Hungarian: kezelhető (hu) Italian: maneggevole (it), maneggiabile, forgiabile (it), gestibile (it), malleabile (it), manovrabile (it) Latin: tractābilis Manx: so-stiurey Norwegian: Bokmål: håndterlig, overkommelig Plautdietsch: bandich Portuguese: gerível Romanian: maniabil (ro), mânuibil Spanish: manejable (es), gestionable, llevadero (es) Swedish: hanterlig (sv)

capable of being done or fulfilled

Bulgarian: изпълним (bg) (izpǎlnim)

References

1. “manageable, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2000; “manageable, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

• manageable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• manageable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913