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

Many roads in the neighborhood were drivable Wednesday morning, however, the lanes were limited by snow piled on the sides of streets. —Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025

The 15th hole, for example, is a long and difficult par 4 while the 16th hole is a very short par 4 that has a challenging, but drivable green with water on the right side. —Carrie Coolidge, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025

That’s a drivable distance; the dog can handle a car ride. —Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 July 2025

Big Bend National Park in Texas is another drivable option. —Matt Alderton, USA Today, 25 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Rhymes for drivable

• survivable