endurable

en·dur·able

adj \in-ˈdu̇r-ə-bəl, -ˈdyu̇r-, en-\

Definition of ENDURABLE

: capable of being endured : bearable

— en·dur·ably \-blē\ adverb

Examples of ENDURABLE

1. <a flu shot is never pleasant, but I find the momentary pain entirely endurable>

First Known Use of ENDURABLE

1796

Related to ENDURABLE

Synonyms: bearable, sufferable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable

Antonyms: insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportable

Related Words: livable (also liveable), survivable; acceptable, adequate, admissible, allowable, permissible, reasonable, satisfactory

Near Antonyms: agonizing, appalling, awful, bad, cruel, dire, dreadful, excruciating, frightful, ghastly, grisly, gruesome (also grewsome), harrowing, harsh, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrifying, lurid, macabre, monstrous, nasty, nightmarish, painful, rotten, shocking, terrible, tormenting, torturous, unfortunate, vicious, vile, wretched; unacceptable; acute, extreme, intense, piercing; abhorrent, deplorable, disgusting, distasteful, loathsome, nauseating, obnoxious, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening; abominable, evil, foul, heinous, noxious, odious, unspeakable

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Rhymes with ENDURABLE

incurable, insurable, perdurable, procurable