drivable

adjective

driv·​able ˈdrī-və-bəl 

variants or less commonly driveable

1

a

: capable of being driven

The car was damaged but still drivable.

Back in the yard, he led me on a brief tour of the accumulated cars. All of them, according to him, were much closer to being drivable than they appeared.

—Ian Frazier

b

: capable of being driven on or over

a drivable road

… a faint skein of … trails and washed-out dirt roads from the colonial era, only parts of it drivable and then only in the dry season.

—Neil Sheehan

c

: reachable by driving

a drivable destination

Below, find some of the most enticing, drivable options away from the Twin Cities, from genre-specific fests to vastly diverse celebrations.

—Michael Madden

2

golf : able to be reached by a drive from the tee

a drivable green

a drivable par four

drivability

ˌdrī-və-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

or less commonly driveability

… preserving the standard engine's fuel economy and drivability.

—Jean Lindamood

Examples of drivable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The car also utilized early models of artificial intelligence to figure out what terrain was drivable. —Kelyn Soong, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2024

Upstairs is a movie theater and an additional primary suite that’s currently being used as a bonus space, and rounding it out, per the listing, is a drivable access path that allows for easy maintenance and creates the potential for a large accessory dwelling unit, a barn, or an animal sanctuary. —Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 23 July 2024

But this vehicle, a fully drivable prototype, provides a way for NASCAR to gauge fan interest in electric cars. —Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 6 July 2024

Chief engineer Tony Fong said that the car is in a drivable state but still undergoing final adjustments. —Shubhangi Dua, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1b